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The Scent of the Night (Montalbano 6)
by: Andrea Camilleri

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780330442183
ISBN: 033044218X
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: June 15, 2007
Publisher: Picador
Studio: Picador
Sales Rank: 5829

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Editorial Review:

Sunday Times:
'Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano is a delight...I love
these novels.'

Guardian:
'The Sicilian adventures of Inspector Montalbano are always a joy
and Camilleri's latest novel is no exception'

Guardian:
'Camilleri...is a supreme master of his craft...do try him -
you're in for a treat.'

Daily Express:
'a cunning yet curiously gentle mystery which seems guaranteed to
ensure the eccentric detective even more Britsh admirers.'

Ham and High:
'All the usual vigour and wit. Fans of Donna Leon will love it.'

Daily Telegraph:
'Gripping'

Product Description:
Montalbano learned how hard it was to put on a wetsuit while in a dinghy speeding over a sea that wasn't exactly calm. Mimi, at the helm, looked tense and worried. "Getting seasick?" the inspector asked him at one point. "No. Just sick of myself." "Why?" "Because every now and then I realize what a stupid shit I am to go along with some of your brilliant ideas." When an angry octogenarian holds a terrified and lovelorn secretary at gunpoint, Inspector Montalbano is reluctantly drawn into the case. The secretary's boss, a financial advisor, has vanished along with several billion lire entrusted to him by the good citizens of Vigata. Also missing is the advisor's young colleague, whose uncle just happens to be building a house on the site of Inspector Montalbano's very favourite olive tree ...Ably abetted by his loyal and eccentric team, Montalbano, the food-loving, commitment-phobic inspector, returns for another delicious investigation served up in vintage Camilleri style.

Synopsis:
Montalbano learned how hard it was to put on a wetsuit while in a dinghy speeding over a sea that wasn't exactly calm. Mimi, at the helm, looked tense and worried. "Getting seasick?" the inspector asked him at one point. "No. Just sick of myself." "Why?" "Because every now and then I realize what a stupid shit I am to go along with some of your brilliant ideas." When an angry octogenarian holds a terrified and lovelorn secretary at gunpoint, Inspector Montalbano is reluctantly drawn into the case. The secretary's boss, a financial advisor, has vanished along with several billion lire entrusted to him by the good citizens of Vigata. Also missing is the advisor's young colleague, whose uncle just happens to be building a house on the site of Inspector Montalbano's very favourite olive tree ...Ably abetted by his loyal and eccentric team, Montalbano, the food-loving, commitment-phobic inspector, returns for another delicious investigation served up in vintage Camilleri style.

About the Author:
Andrea Camilleri is the author of many books, including his Montalbano series, which has been adapted for Italian television and translated into nine languages. He lives in Rome.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- An excellent read
The whole series has proved to be an excellent buy; I've even taken the Montalbano recommendation to read the Spanish author Montalban & his series of detective novels (also excellent BTW & highly recommended)I just hope that Andrea Camilleri can write fast enough

Rating:

- Gritty
This is a great book. We have all the usual things to love about Montalbano, his obssession with his lunch, his disastrous love life, his sometimes incompetent staff, with a fantastic story of murder, intrigue and obsessive love. This is very dark in places, and the end has a wonderfully macabre twist which finishes off what is already a fantastic story perfectly. Montalbano is investigating the disappearance of a fraudulent businessman and the damage that his behaviour has wrought on the population of the local town.
The pace is taut, the plotting good and the characters wonderfully drawn. The difficulties that may happen with a translation are dealt with with the translator's glossary at the back of the book, and this is a worthy ... Read More:

Rating:

- Best so far
This is arguably the paciest and least put-downable in the series to date. The characters have developed and matured, and Montalbano is starting to seem more credible as he twists, turns and agonises his way through his world. This is not a book to read out of order - sorry, you need to go through the highs and lows of the other 6 to get the best out of it, but it is worth it. There is less of the Sicilian scenery and more of the storyline and the characters, and I think it is the better for it, although the glossary at the back of the book is always handy!

Rating:

- Amusing Montalbano Quirks and Follies While Pursuing a Minor Mystery
The Smell of the Night is the only one of the first six books to lack a decent mystery. Inspector Montalbano is as amusing as ever as he trashes an uninhabited villa, challenges a tease, deals with the remnants of incompetent laundering, desperately searches for new places to dine, tries to show he isn't really middle-aged, and solves a crime he isn't supposed to go near. There's the usual byplay at the station as Catarella mangles words and Fazio tries to inveigle Montalbano to sign stacks of paperwork for hours. In between, there are delicious meals and quiet interludes to think things over.

The book's plot involves a missing financier, Emanuele Gargano, who appears to have been running a Ponzi scheme (paying out large returns ... Read More:

Rating:

- Authentic Italian dish
I came across this book by chance and thought I would give it a go. It did not disappoint. A traditional detective story involving murder, deceit and blackmail allied to a touch of Gothic horror, it draws the reader into the community and landscape of Sicily. Inspector Montalbano is engaging and sympathetic and his love of the sturdy regional cuisine adds to the vivid picture of his world. The translator has tried to capture the colour of the local dialect with varying degrees of success; it can be a bit distracting and the English sometimes comes out awkwardly. Helpful notes at the back explain the more obscure literary and local allusions.

Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys a good detective story.

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