The Shape of Water

When a book is described as 'light,' there's usually a negative connotation to this adjective: by lightness what we mean is something along the lines of 'written without careful craft,' or sometimes, more simply, 'trivial.' It's difficult to describe The Shape of Water (or really, any of Camilleri's......more

SP/EN Novela fresca y entretenida. Se lee en un suspiro. Tiene todos los ingredientes necesarios de una novela negra: un comisario avispado, políticos corruptos, abogados, asesinatos, etc, etc. Sin ser un prodigio de novela, se hace agradable. Fresh and entertaining novel. It is read in a sigh. It has al......more

Well now... I decided to try Camilleri because I'd watched one of the Montalbano series on TV. You know how it is, you find the characters and scenery interesting, the story lines are good... you're just hooked and want to try the "real" thing just to see how it matches up. The first thing I'm going......more

4/5 Estrellas Moviéndose entre el esperpento, la sátira y la crítica social, Camilleri construye el primer esbozo de un personaje genial, del que tenía conocimiento por capítulos sueltos vistos al desgaire en la TV, pero a quien no había catado en su versión original literaria: el comisario Montalban......more

I typically avoid crime novels but having spent several vacations during the last decade in south-eastern Sicily and having seen Montalbano's name ubiquitously every where I went, I figured I needed to see whether the enthusiasm was merited. Well, yes and then some. Inspector Montalbano is a very co......more