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Il Giro Di Boa by Andrea Camilleri
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Il Giro Di Boa (original 2003; edition 2003)

by Andrea Camilleri

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While swimming along the Sicilian shore, Inspector Montalbano discovers a corpse. His pursuit of the cause of death intersects with the inquiry into a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a young boy who may have been victimized by human traffickers. The buying and selling of immigrant children, for slave labor, sex, and as a source of illegal organ transplants, is part of the evil underside of the opening of Europe's borders. That, combined with frustration with his department's repressive handling of security for the G-8 summit in Genoa and the corruption among his superiors and the politicians behind them, makes setting anything right seem like an exercise in futility. Montalbano alternates between despair and steely resolve. When he realizes that he may have inadvertently aided the boy's victimizers, his internal turmoil intensifies.… (more)
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Title:Il Giro Di Boa
Authors:Andrea Camilleri
Info:Sellerio (2003), Hardcover
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Rounding the Mark by Andrea Camilleri (2003)

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Due to the hectic holiday season, I decided to listen to this mystery even though I own the paperback. This way I could 'read' it while wrapping gifts, baking cookies etc. Grover Gardner is becoming one of my favorite narrators & he didn't disappoint in this Italian mystery. However, I did miss the endnotes (footnotes?) that the translator Stephen Sartarelli includes in the print copy. In fact, I checked in regularly with my paperback to read them!

So while this is a successful audiobook, I think that this is a series I will mostly read in print. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
Semplicemente stupendo e aggiungere altro sarebbe solo un’inutile ripetizione di quanto di meglio si possa dire di uno scrittore unico, di un libro imperdibile e di una serie tanto famosa quanto amata. ( )
  Raffaella10 | Jan 28, 2023 |
Out for a swim, Inspector Montalbano literally bumps into a corpse. Then, Montalbano learns that a child he helped return to his mother is run down by a car. Both deaths are linked to a ring of human traffickers, which he brings to justice, all while agonizing over whether he should resign from the police for emotional and reputational reasons. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
Always intriguing. Seem to get a real flavour for Sicily. ( )
  SusanWallace | Jul 10, 2021 |
One of the funniest scenes in the series : Montalbano swimming encounters a floating body. To get it to shore he removes his swimming trunks and uses them as a tow rope. When he gets to shore, nude, he's met by an elderly couple who thinks he's killed the man, and a press photographer. The headlines the next day, accompanying the photo reads "Inspector Montalbano (in the photo) saving a dead man." ( )
  mysterymax | Dec 7, 2020 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Andrea Camilleriprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bechtolsheim, Christiane vonTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gardner, GroverNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sartarelli, StephenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Stinking, treacherous night.
Nuttata fitusa,’nfami, tutta un arramazzarsi, un votati e rivotati, un addrummisciti e un arrisbigliati, un susiti e un curcati.
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[...] la sira avanti aviva avuto lo stomaco accussì stritto che non ci sarebbe passato manco un filo d’erba. Si era trattato dei pinsèri nìvuri che l’avevano assugliato doppo avere sentito una notizia del telegiornale nazionale. «All’annigatu, petri di ’ncoddru» era il detto popolare che veniva esclamato quando una insopportabile serie di disgrazie s’abbatteva su qualche sbinturato. E per lui, che già da qualche mese nuotava alla disperata in mezzo a un mare in timpesta, e si sentiva a tratti perso come un annegato, quella notizia era stata uguale a una vera e propria pitrata tiratagli addosso, anzi una pitrata che l’aviva pigliato preciso ’n testa, tramortendolo e facendogli perdere le ultime, debolissime forze.
Con un’ariata assolutamente indifferente, la giornalista del tg aveva detto che la procura di Genova, in merito all’irruzione della polizia alla scuola Diaz nel corso del G8, si era fatta pirsuasa che le due bombe molotov, trovate nella scuola, erano state portate lì dagli stessi poliziotti per giustificare l’irruzione. Questo faceva seguito – aveva continuato la giornalista – alla scoperta che l’agente il quale aveva dichiarato di essere stato vittima di un tentativo di accoltellamento da parte di un no-global, sempre nel corso di quell’irruzione, aveva in realtà mentito: il taglio alla divisa se l’era fatto lui stesso per dimostrare la pericolosità di quei ragazzi che invece, a quanto si andava via via svelando, nella scuola Diaz stavano pacificamente dormendo. Ascutata la notizia, per una mezzorata Montalbano era restato assittato sulla poltrona davanti al televisore, privo della capacità di pinsari, scosso da un misto di raggia e di vrigogna, assammarato di sudore. Non aveva manco trovato la forza di susirisi per rispondere al telefono che stette a squillare a longo. Bastava ragionare tanticchia supra quelle notizie che venivano date col contagocce e con governativa osservanza dalla stampa e dalla televisione per farsi preciso concetto: i suoi compagni e colleghi, a Genova, avevano compiuto un illegale atto di violenza alla scordatina, una specie di vendetta fatta a friddo e per di più fabbricando prove false. Cose che facevano tornare a mente episodi seppelluti della polizia fascista o di quella di Scelba.
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While swimming along the Sicilian shore, Inspector Montalbano discovers a corpse. His pursuit of the cause of death intersects with the inquiry into a hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a young boy who may have been victimized by human traffickers. The buying and selling of immigrant children, for slave labor, sex, and as a source of illegal organ transplants, is part of the evil underside of the opening of Europe's borders. That, combined with frustration with his department's repressive handling of security for the G-8 summit in Genoa and the corruption among his superiors and the politicians behind them, makes setting anything right seem like an exercise in futility. Montalbano alternates between despair and steely resolve. When he realizes that he may have inadvertently aided the boy's victimizers, his internal turmoil intensifies.

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