Andrea Camilleri
Andrea Camilleri (6 September 1925, Porto Empedocle, Sicily – 17 July 2019, Rome) was an Italian writer, director and screenwriter, best known for his series of detective novels about Inspector Salvo Montalbano. Born in Sicily, Camilleri grew up in a family with literary and theatrical inclinations. He studied literature and theatre directing at the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica in Rome. He worked as a theatre and television director, producing plays and adaptations, including works by Pirandello and Beckett, and as a screenwriter for RAI.
His literary career began late, with his first novel Il corso delle cose (1978), but he achieved international fame with the Montalbano series, starting with The Shape of Water (1994). The series, set in the fictional town of Vigàtu, combines crime intrigue, Sicilian dialect, humour and social commentary. Montalbano, a witty and morally complex detective, became a cult figure, and the series has been translated into more than 30 languages, with millions of copies sold. Other notable works include The Serpent's Den, The Scent of the Night, and The Other End of the Line. Camilleri also wrote historical novels, such as Il birraio di Preston, as well as essays and stories.
His style is marked by Sicilian color, irony, and criticism of corruption. He died in 2019 at the age of 93, leaving behind a rich oeuvre and a lasting influence on world literature.
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The Other End (2016) is part of the Inspector Salvo Montalbano series. Set in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigàtu, the novel combines criminal intrigue with the current topic of the migration crisis, with Camilleri's signature humor.
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The Scent of the Night (2001) is part of the Inspector Salvo Montalbano series. Set in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigàtu, the novel combines crime intrigue with Camilleri's signature humor, social commentary, and vivid depictions of Sicily.
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The Shape of Water (1994), the first novel in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, introduces us to the world of Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano. Set in the fictional town of Vigàtu, the novel combines criminal intrigue with humor and Sicil
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Spider's Patience (2004) is part of the series about Inspector Salvo Montalban. Set in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigàtu, the novel combines criminal suspense with the psychological depth, humor and social commentary characteristic of Camilleri's styl
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Snake's Nest (2008) is part of the series about Inspector Salvo Montalban. Set in the fictional Sicilian town of Vigàtu, the novel combines criminal suspense, psychological depth, and Camilleri's signature humor with a critique of Sicily's social problems