
Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories
Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · February 23, 2016
“You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact Montalbano collection that leans into sharp, satisfying mystery rhythms.
- Genres
- Mystery Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Italian Literary Collections
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, February 23, 2016
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“You either love Andrea Camilleri or you haven’t read him yet. Each novel in this wholly addictive, entirely magical series, set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting. Long live Camilleri, and long live Montalbano.”
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A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved Inspector Montalbano's career Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels, and now in Montalbano’s First Case and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy’s famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From the title story, featuring a young deputy Montalbano newly assigned to Vigàta, to “Montalbano Says No,” in which the inspector makes a late-night call to Camilleri himself to refuse an outlandish case, this collection is an essential addition to any Inspector Montalbano fan’s bookshelf and a wonderful way to introduce readers to the internationally bestselling series.
Compact Cases
A compact Montalbano collection that leans into sharp, satisfying mystery rhythms.
Come here for
- Montalbano stories in compact form
- Noir-leaning casework with anthology pace
Expect
- Short-story variety
- Hard-boiled atmosphere without the sprawl
Where it sits
| Mystery Anthologies | 76% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 71% |
| Italian Literary Collections | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mystery
- Mystery Anthologies
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Authors
- Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- February 23, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Mystery