August Heat: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri
|
Book Summary Author: Andrea Camilleri Translator: Stephen Sartarelli Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2009-02-24 ISBN: 0143114050 Number of pages: 278 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) |
| New | New Usually ships in 1-2 business days | $7.10 | ||
| Used | Used Usually ships in 1-2 business days | $0.01 |
Your purchase is protected by the A-to-z Safe Buying Guarantee. Amazon.com automatically transfers your payment to the merchant so you'll never need to pay a merchant directly. Amazon.com A-to-z Safe Buying Guarantee covers both the delivery of your item and its condition upon receipt.
Book Reviews of the August Heat: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
Customer Review: August Heat
Summary: 3 Stars
"August Heat" is very much a Camilleri detective novel, with the usual set of characters and the overriding presence of the Sicilian landscape and its people. Inspector Montealbano is investigating a several-year-old murder in an isolated house, and the whole is suffused by the dreadful heat of a Sicilian summer. It is this heat which -- probably unintentionally -- affects the book, for the climax (in the house, naturally) is visible through the heat haze from some way off, and involves a thoroughly improbable occurrence (no giveaways!) that would be total anathema to any police officer of Montealbano's stature. Too much August heat, perhaps, though the charms of Camellieri's writing still make up for a lot.