The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (also known as the Italian John
Grisham) is a fantasically fast-paced, funny, and delightful romp
through the unusual goings-on of the Sicilian town of Vigata.It's witty,
laugh-out-loud funny, full of fabulous Italian food and the fabric of Italian
life.
Camilleri's Mantalbano mysteries are becoming available in English in
the U.S. for the first time (having sold millions of copies in Europe).
THE SHAPE OF WATER: THE FIRST
INSPECTOR MANTALBANO MYSTERY
by AndreaCamilleri
ISBN: 0670030929 / Viking / May 27, 2002 / 240 pp. / $19.95
An old goat pasture in the town of Vigata is now the playground for
drug dealers and prostitutes of every flavor. But their discreet trade
is upset when two employees of the Splendor 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. But Inspector
Salvo
Mantalbano, as honest as he is streetwise and as scathing to fools
and
villains as he is compassionat to their victims, is not ready to close
the case--even though he's being pressured by Vigata's police chief,
judge, and bishop. He's an Italian Columbo, picking his way through
a
labyrinth of high-comedy corruption,delicious meals, vendetta firepower,
and carefully planted false clues.
Read an excerpt:
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