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  Andrea Camilleri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born at Porto Empedocle (near Agrigento), Andrea Camilleri is a director, author of scripts for theatre and television, as well as one of the most famous Italian contemporary writers.
Camilleri has won numerous prestigious literary awards in Italy as well as in France and his books have been translated into all the major Western languages (plus Japanese) and recently also in English.
Camilleri, based on documents and family memories, tells the tale with bitter humor.
www.bastulli.com /Camilleri/Camilleri.htm   (1431 words)

  
 Andrea Camilleri - inglese
Camilleri was born in 1925 in Porto Empedocle, in Agrigento Province, in Sicily.
Andrea Camilleri has sold more than 2.5 million books since 1998: excellent business for him and his Sicilian publisher Elvira Sellerio.
In his fifth Montalbano epos, Camilleri proves once and for all that he is an incompetent crime novelist.
www.vigata.org /camilleri_foreign/inglese.shtml   (407 words)

  
 Andrea Camilleri - Best of Sicily Magazine
Born at Porto Empedocle (outside Agrigento), in 1925, Camilleri is that rarest of Italians: a truly creative intellectual who came of age during the Fascist era, when mass indoctrination was despoiling many would-be thinkers of his vintage.
In a Camilleri novel character development and mood are almost as important as plot.
Camilleri is not the first author to venture into unfriendly native territory, but his examination is fresh, current, unapologetic, bold, maybe even a little startling.
www.bestofsicily.com /mag/art62.htm   (611 words)

  
 Andrea Camilleri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
‘The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humour, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.
Andrea Camilleri is one of Italy's most famous contemporary writers, a publishing sensation in Italy and abroad.
So popular are Camilleri's books that the mayor of Camilleri's birthplace added 'Vigata', the fictionalised town where the gritty mysteries are set, to the name of his home town.
www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/andreacamilleri.html   (897 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Terra-Cotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery: Books: Andrea Camilleri,Stephen Sartarelli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Camilleri is old enough to recall those times, and his firsthand knowledge seeps through the voices of the old-timers Montalbano interviews.
In this novel about Sicily, the author, Andrea Camilleri, has his Inspector Montalbano deal with the usual Mafia crimes, attempted assassinations and actual murders, but the two bodies found in the Mafia cave are the real mystery of this novel.
Even if Camilleri's mysteries weren't set in Sicily, they would be successful: the characters are compelling, the premise of the mystery is interesting, and the plot moves forward with the right amount of action and reflection.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142002631?v=glance   (2244 words)

  
 Powell's Books - The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic take on Sicilian life.
Camilleri's Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic, engaging take on Sicilian life and his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes.
Andrea Camilleri is the author of many books, including his Montalbano series, which has been adapted for Italian television and translated into nine languages.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0142002631   (215 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Snack Thief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Andrea Camilleri is one fine author that you've got to read.
The presence of Tunisian immigrants in Sicily is mined for mystery by Camilleri, as the stabbing of a retired businessman and the shooting of a Tunisian crewman on a fishing boat soon merge to one very tangled web.
Author Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series combines humor, solid sleuthing; a wonderful view of small town life in Sicily that is alien but fascinating to most of its readers, and charming to everyone; with compelling social commentary.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0142003492   (1404 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Snack Thief (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries (Paperback)): Books: Andrea Camilleri,Stephen Sartarelli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In his third Inspector Salvo Montalbano mystery to be made available in the U.S., Camilleri (The Shape of Water) displays all the storytelling skills that have made him an international bestseller.
Camilleri's village is fictitious, but his Inspector Montalbo is true to life.
My advice: read Camilleri rather than Dona Leon, who cannot and does not capture the beauty and wonder of Italy the way Camilleri does, and whose mysteries aren't as interesting as Camelleri's.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0142003492?v=glance   (1739 words)

  
 ReadingGroupGuides.com - The Terra-Cotta Dog by Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri's mysteries do not consistently follow this pattern.
Rather, Camilleri uses the subgenre of the "police procedural" to engage thoughtfully in character development and to raise issues of moral ambiguity.
In The Terra-Cotta Dog, Montalbano is almost as frustrated by his law enforcement colleagues as he is bedeviled by the forces of the Sicilian underworld.
www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/terra-cotta_dog1.asp   (769 words)

  
 Camilleri Andrea: Storie di Montalbano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In fact, just released and now available at bookshops is a “Storie di Montalbano” (Mondadori, pgs CLXXII - 1679, Euro 49) that gathers all the novels and a selection of stories, where the central character is the famous policeman created by Andrea Camilleri.
The surprising news, however, is that the volume is part of the prestigious “Meridiani” series, begun about 33 years to present the all-time classics of literature.
In that Vigàta which is a fanciful replica of the native Porto Empedocle, Camilleri will thus continue to hang about sneakily: with us eager to hear that “Montalbano sono”, always marking the start of the adventure.
www.italica.rai.it /eng/principal/topics/literature/camilleri_4.htm   (490 words)

  
 ReadingGroupGuides.com - The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
Yet in The Snack Thief, the third Inspector Montalbano mystery by Andrea Camilleri, the detective faces events that remind him, sometimes uncomfortably, of the inescapable emotional connections that tie even a cynical crime analyst to those around him.
Montalbano finds his sympathies aroused when he takes custody of the novel's title character, an abandoned boy named François, who has managed to survive by stealing the snacks of other children on their way to school.
Camilleri depicts the antiterrorist authorities, as represented by Colonel Lohengrin Pera, as being almost as indifferent to human suffering as the terrorists themselves.
www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/snack_thief1.asp   (802 words)

  
 The Shape of Water - Andrea Camilleri - Penguin Group (USA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Andrea Camilleri's novels starring Inspector Montalbano have become an international sensation and have been translated from Italian into eight languages, ranging from Dutch to Japanese.
The Vigˆta police inspector, on the other hand, was from Catania, a certain Salvo Montalbano, who, when he wanted to get to the bottom of something, he did.
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano has become an international sensation whose adventures have been translated from Italian into eight languages, from Dutch to Japanese.
penguinputnam.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0142002399,00.html?sym=EXC   (7388 words)

  
 Review of THE SHAPE OF WATER by Andrea Camilleri
THE SHAPE OF WATER is the first in a really fine mystery series by author Andrea Camilleri (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of novels by Camilleri).
In WATER, Montalbano is already a fully developed and intriguing character with a strong moral sense and an attractive disregard for the letter of the law.
Camilleri's mystery is fully engaging and Montalbano is a great character.
www.booksforabuck.com /mystery/mys_04/shape_water.html   (300 words)

  
 Andrea Camilleri Author Page (Italian-mysteries.com)
ANDREA CAMILLERI is the author of many books, including his Montalbano series, which has been adapted for Italian television and translated into German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, and finally, English.
Camilleri has won numerous homestigious literary awards in Italy as well as in France.
He is the author of three books of poetry, most recently, The Open Vault.
italian-mysteries.com /ACAap.html   (154 words)

  
 BookkooB: The Snack Thief - Andrea Camilleri
Above you will see a list of UK book stores, along with their stock and price details for Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri.
To allow you to quickly compare prices, the stores are arranged in order of delivered price, cheapest first.
The Snack Thief is a worthy successor to the remarkable police procedural, The Terra-Cotta Dog.
www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/0142004731.htm   (835 words)

  
 Review of THE SNACK THIEF by Andrea Camilleri
Review of THE SNACK THIEF by Andrea Camilleri (see his website)
Author Andrea Camilleri's (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of novels by Camilleri) Inspector Montalbano series combines humor, solid sleuthing; a wonderful view of small town life in Sicily that is alien but fascinating to most of its readers, and charming to everyone; with compelling social commentary.
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www.booksforabuck.com /mystery/mys_04/snack_thief.html   (337 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Search Results Books:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Scent of the Night ~ Andrea Camilleri -- (Paperback - November 4, 2005)
The Shape of Water ~ Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator) -- (Paperback - February 6, 2004)
Voice of the Violin ~ Andrea Camilleri -- (Hardcover - August 5, 2005)
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/Author=Andrea+Camilleri   (173 words)

  
 Andrea Camilleri Message Board
I haven't heard very good things about the English translation version of the book.
What sort of book should Andrea Camilleri write/have written next?
What was your favorite scene in Andrea Camilleri's books?
www.allreaders.com /Board.asp?BoardID=14823   (117 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Excursion to Tindari: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Scent of the Night; Paperback ~ Andrea Camilleri
The Shape of Water; Paperback ~ Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli (Translator)
Customers who bought books by Andrea Camilleri also bought books by these authors:
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/014303460X   (171 words)

  
 BookkooB: L'Odore Della Notte - Andrea Camilleri
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Murder in the Sentier, Cara Black, Soho Press, Jacket design by Cheryl L. Cipriani
The Terra-Cotta Dog, Andrea Camilleri,Viking, Jacket design by Paul Buckley
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