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Loading... The Shape of Water (Inspector Maltalbano Mysteries) (original 1994; edition 2005)by Andrea Camilleri
Work InformationThe Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Having become addicted to the Inspector Montalbano series on TV, some time ago, I had bought one of the books that inspired the series. The Shape of Water is the first book in the series written by Camilleri and was the next unread book on my shelf. It was originally published in Italy in 1994 and translated into English in 2002. It is a murder mystery set in Sicily with plot twists a-plenty to keep the mystery reader amused. The body of a local politician is found inside a car at a lovers meeting spot on waste ground near the beach. He had recently had an operation for heart disease and apart from his trousers and pants being pulled down the autopsy stated he died of natural causes. Inspector Montalbano is advised by his superiors to wrap up the case as quickly as possible, but Montalbano wants to investigate more thoroughly. It is difficult to imagine afresh a character from a book that one knows so well on TV and so of course I kept seeing the actor Luca Zingaretti in my mind as well as the camera shots of the Sicilian town featured on the show. In the book Inspector Montalbano is perhaps a bit more irascible than on the TV show. The book is a quick and entertaining read and perhaps there are a few too many information dumps, but it is nice to be able to 'almost' understand the resolution to the mystery. This series may well become my go-to series when the mood takes me. 3.5 stars Review can be found here: https://nordie.wordpress.com/2020/03/24/book-review-the-shape-of-water-by-andrea... Really amateur writing. There are jumps between scenes with no warning, there are characters who aren't explained for several full pages, most descriptions were perfunctory. And worst of all, even with all the murder and sex and whatnot, it was dull. Of all the things a book can be, boring is the only unpardonable sin. no reviews | add a review
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The goats of Vigata once grazed on the trash-strewn site still known as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sort flourishes: drug dealers and prostitutes of every flavour. But their discreet trade is upset when two employees of the Splendour Refuse Collection Company discover the body of engineer Silvio Luparello, one of the local movers and shakers, apparently deceased in flagrante at the Pasture. The coroner's verdict is death from natural causes - refreshingly unusual for Sicily. But Inspector Salvo Montalbano, as honest as he is streetwise and as scathing to fools and villains as he is compassionate to their victims, is not ready to close the case - even though he's being pressured by Vigata's police chief, judge, and bishop. Picking his way through a labyrinth of high-comedy corruption, delicious meals, vendetta firepower, and carefully planted false clues, Montalbano can be relied on, whatever the cost, to get to the heart of the matter. No library descriptions found. |
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