Thomaston, Maine - The Thomaston Public Library Mystery Book Club will meet on Thursday, August 1 at 11 am to discuss Andrea Camilleri's Sicilian Commissario Montalbano series. Book club members may pick any book in the series to read (23 of which have been translated into English).
Here's what a few have said of the series:
“Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano mysteries might sell like hotcakes in Europe, but these world-weary crime stories were unknown here until the oversight was corrected (in Stephen Sartarelli’s salty translation) by the welcome publication of The Shape of Water…This savagely funny police procedural…prove[s] that sardonic laughter is a sound that translates ever so smoothly into English.”—The New York Times Book Review
“[Camilleri’s mysteries] offer quirky characters, crisp dialogue, bright storytelling—and Salvo Montalbano, one of the most engaging protagonists in detective fiction…Montalbano is a delightful creation, an honest man on Siciliy’s mean streets.”—USA Today
“Like Mike Hammer or Sam Spade, Montalbano is the kind of guy who can’t stay out of trouble…Still, deftly and lovingly translated by Stephen Sartarelli, Camilleri makes it abundantly clear that under the gruff, sardonic exterior our inspector has a heart of gold, and that any outburst, fumbles, or threats are made only in the name of pursuing truth.”—The Nation
The Thomaston Public Library Mystery Book Club meets the first Thursday of every month at 11 am. September's selection will be discussed and decided at the upcoming meeting. For more information, please contact the library at (207) 354-2453.
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