His love of food is present from the start & a reference to di Lampedusa’s The Leopard (another Sicilian story full of food fetishes) endeared me to the series as well.Īlthough we are dealing with death and mafia crimes, this book could be classified as gentle crime. Nonetheless, Montalbano is very likable – a good guy battling the corruption and seedy underbelly of Sicilian society. The story was formulaic and a little stilted. Sararelli has included a few pages of notes at the back to explain some of the translation issues.Īs a starting point, there was enough to keep me keen to try a second book…but only just. It was first written in 1994 (in a mixture of Italian & Sicilian), but not translated into English until 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli. The Shape of Water is the first book in the Inspector Montalbano Mystery series.
The English translation of book #17 was recently published ( Angelica’s Smile) which only increased my curiosity to see what all the buzz was about. I’ve had The Shape of Water on my TBR pile for a couple of years now. I stumbled upon Karen at Booker Talk’s post about Inspector Montalbano and knew straight away that I had my next book sorted. As a result I was looking for something light and easy and likable to go to next. Last w/e I struggled to get through A Wrinkle in Time (see previous post).
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