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| The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrea Camilleri
Creator: Stephen Sartarelli
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 11838
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0143113003
Dewey Decimal Number: 853.914
EAN: 9780143113003
ASIN: 0143113003
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleris internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series
With their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleris classic crime novels continue to win more and more fans in America. The latest installment of the popular mystery series finds the moody Inspector Montalbano further beset by the existential questions that have been plaguing him of late. But he doesnt have much time to wax philosophical before the gruesome murder of a manshot at point-blank range in the face with his pants downcommands his attention. Add two evasive, beautiful women as prime suspects, some dirty cocaine, mysterious computer codes, and a series of threatening letters, and things soon get very complicated at the police headquarters in Vigata.
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 Moments well spent with an old friend May 7, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano mystery series is one of life's great pleasures. Wonderful, witty writing. Humanity and terrible inhumanity juxtaposed. Complex characters with meat on their bones and, sometimes, evil (or larceny, lust, hate or greed) in their hearts. "The Paper Moon" has all of these winning qualities plus a terrific, multi-layered and serpentine plot.
In "The Paper Moon," The indefatigable Inspector Salvo Montalbano faces a trio of formidable female antagonists while sorting out a murder with erotic trappings, and he doesn't have a solution until the last few pages of the novel. And this, for me, is one of the most enjoyable things about Camilleri's stories--the complexity of their plots rarely gives away the ending before it is actually reached. The setting for the book being Sicily, there is always a whiff of the Mafia in the story's telling, but the author never resorts to the obvious in bringing it to a close.
A perennial bonus look at Sicily and Sicilian society is part and parcel of "The Paper Moon" as well.
This is one of Camilleri's most enjoyable stories to date. Highly recommended.
 Old-Fashioned Detective Work in Sicily April 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
An honest cop in Sicily? Sounds like an oxymoron, but Camilleri makes Inspector Montalbano seem very human and very real. This is not the best book in the series - for once the reader is way ahead of the good inspector in figuring out what happened - but the story's pleasures are great, especially for lovers of police procedurals who are curious as to how it works in Italy.
Another great mystery April 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
For fans of the series, this is another great trip to Vigata with Montalbano. If you've never read any Camilleri, I suggest you start at the beginning of the series, as getting to know Montalbano over the course of the series is half the joy.
 The Paper Moon May 4, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a typical Camilleri mystery with all your favorite characters and Montalbano's mordant wit. No better, no worse than others in the series. A page turner but devoted readers will find they've been there before. Pick a bench, relax, enjoy the ride.
according to formula May 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"The Paper Moon" is the ninth in a series of Inspector Montalbano mysteries. Far be it from me to give away the plot, but one criticism might be that the guilty party is more obvious than usual. Nevertheless, Camilleri's formula works. Montalbano goes about his investigation in his idiosyncratic manner, taking time for culinary adventures, literary allusions, and thoughts about women. Overall, reading the book is a worthwhile and entertaining experience.
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