The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)
by Andrea Camilleri

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Author: Andrea Camilleri
Translator: Stephen Sartarelli
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2007-04-24
ISBN: 0143112031
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Book Review: Marvelous Dialogue!
Summary: 5 Stars

"The Patience Of The Spider" by Andrea Camilleri.
Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. Penguin Books, 2007.

Over the past few years, I have submitted a few reviews on the "Inspector Montalbano Series" by Andrea Camilleri. I have always been impressed by the manner in which the author carries the story along by the use of dialogue, and this book is no exception.
The Inspector speaks to the victim and you learn a little about the plot. The Inspector questions a policeman about the scene of the crime, and another puzzle piece is filled in. In this present work, "The Patience Of The Spider", you even have Inspector Montalbano talking to himself as he recovers from a gunshot wound. Marvelous dialogue.

But then, think about it. Andrea Camilleri, the author, writes in Italian. His collaborator, Stephen Sartarelli, translates everything into good English. I sense a touch of Brooklyn, or at least, New York City, in the translated English. So, this marvelous dialogue is doubly impressive. As you read, you get the sense of (perhaps) disgust of the Inspector with the bureaucratic inertia in the police, the TV stations, and in the judicial system. The annoyance of the Inspector comes across distinctly in the written words, translated from the Italian into English. Marvelous.
Dialogue lets you know that the motor bike of the kidnapped girl, (Susanna), is pointing the wrong way on the road. More conversation is focused on the location of her helmet. Then, you begin to wonder if this is truly the usual kind of kidnapping in Sicily (if there are typical kidnappings anywhere...).

As usual, in the Inspector Montalbano mysteries, the reader does not get a hint at the origin of the title until late in the book. This did not happen until page 207 of this book, which is only 244 pages long. You will have to read the book to discover who is the spider sitting in the web, waiting for the prey... with the patience of a spider.

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Summary of The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)

The latest mystery in Andrea Camilleri?s internationally bestselling Inspector Montalbano series

Winning fans in Europe and America for their dark sophistication and dry humor, Andrea Camilleri?s crime novels are classics of the genre. Set once again in Sicily, The Patience of the Spider pits Inspector Montalbano against his greatest foe yet: the weight of his own years. Still recovering from the gunshot wound he suffered in Rounding the Mark, he must overcome self-imposed seclusion and waxing self-doubt to penetrate a web of hatred and secrets in pursuit of the strangest culprit he?s ever hunted. A mystery unlike any other, this emotionally taut story brings the Montalbano saga to a captivating crossroads.

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