This is the first comprehensive reference work in English dedicated to the writing of world-famous Italian mystery writer Andrea Camilleri. It includes entries on plots, characters, dates, literary motifs, and themes from the bestselling author's detective stories and television crime dramas, with special attention given to the serialized policeman Inspector Salvo Montalbano, Camilleri's most famous character. It also equips the reader with background information on Camilleri's life and career and provides a guide to the writings of reviewers and critics.

About the Author
Lucia Rinaldi is a teaching fellow at University College London, Department of Italian. Her main research interests are 20th-century Italian literature and culture, in particular crime fiction. She has published articles on Italian crime writers and is coeditor of Assassinations and Murder in Modern Italy: Transformations in Society and Culture (2007). Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, serves as managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection and is an editor at McFarland.

Reviews
Reviews of the Series: "The McFarland Companion series...has been consistently excellent, both in its choice of subjects and its quality of scholarship and writing"-Mystery Scene; "this reference on the work of Italian mystery writer Andrea Camilleri focuses on his print mystery stories and TV crime dramas featuring the character Inspector Salvo Montalbano"-Reference & Research Book News.



Book Information
ISBN 9780786446704
Author Lucia Rinaldi
Format Paperback
Page Count 185
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 336g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 10mm