{"product_id":"montalbanos-first-case-and-other-stories-9780143121626","title":"Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" A.J. Finn, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman in the Window\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-one short stories spanning the beloved Inspector Montalbano's career \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels, and now in \u003ci\u003eMontalbano's First Case and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Vig ta, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Camilleri\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series as well as historical novels that take place in nineteenth-century Sicily. His books have been made into Italian television shows and translated into thirty-two languages. His thirteenth Montalbano novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Potter's Field\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger Award and was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen Sartarelli \u003c\/b\u003e(translator)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning translator and the author of three books of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662113313042,"sku":"9780143121626","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_19c3c147-d514-494b-94a9-017d9a964336.jpg?v=1733513063","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/montalbanos-first-case-and-other-stories-9780143121626","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}