Moments well spent with an old friend

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	• The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) Andrea Camilleri Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

according to formula

"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.

Always a Pleasure

I'm surprised that more people don't know about these witty atmospheric mysteries set splendidly (and often deliciously) in Sicily. One needs to begin the series of the sardonic Inspector Montalbano stories with the first one, The Shape of Water, since he and Camillieri's other characters continue to develop. The translation from Italian into English is superbly handled and the author's notes at the end of each book provide good insite into Italian culture and politics. Enjoyable reading.

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Moments well spent with an old friend

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.

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The Paper Moon

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.

Intriguing series

As recommended, the Inspector Montalbano series of Sicilian police procedurals is best read in order of publication so that the nuances of character development are not missed. It is worth searching for out-of-print copies of those not carried by Amazon. From The Shape of Water (2002) to The Paper Moon (2008), the nine installments vary in plot complexity but never fail to delight, amuse, and stimulate the appetite (the descriptions of Salvo's meals are especially memorable). For chronological lists of most author's works, [...] is a good source.

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