The Snack Thief
Andrea Camilleri
Translated by Stephen Sartarelli
Paperback
20 August 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Never has Inspector Montalbano's character – a unique blend of humor, cynicism, compassion, earthiness, and love of good food - been more compelling than in Andrea Camilleri's third Montalbano novel, The Snack Thief.
When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off...
Details
20 August 2020304 pages
9781529042436Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Montalbano's colleagues, chance encounters, Sicilian mores, even the contents of his fridge are described with the wit and gusto that make this narrator the best company in crime fiction todayGuardian
Among the most exquisitely crafted pieces of crime writing available today . . . Simply superbSunday Times
One of fiction's greatest detectives and Camilleri is one of Europe's greatest crime writersDaily Mail
The novels of Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humour and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily. RemarkableDonna Leon
