Here the Inspector discovers that both the murder victim and a local fisherman had each deposited huge sums of money in their respective bank accounts. There’s no need to read the other 25 Inspector Montalbano books before The Sicilian Method, but this enjoyable romp may send readers scurrying for them afterward, giving birth to a new generation of collectors of Camilleri’s dark humor and neatly twisted plots, along with the persistence of an inspector who can’t ever let himself be defeated by crime. The seemingly accidental death of a blind man leads Montalbano to an island off the coast of Siciliy.
Stephen Sartarelli’s translation allows Camilleri’s deft humor to come through vividly his attempts to portray lower classes by giving them Cockney-style slang are less successful but tolerable for the sake of enjoying this lively crime novel. The Sicilian Method by Andrea Camilleri: 9780143134978 : Books. So it’s a relief to tag along with the mundane and sometimes stumbling efforts of police procedure, as Montalbano marvels at his discoveries and tries to find the right combination of person and scene to explain both the original murder and a second one. Anyone who’s subjected themselves to drama school at any level-or even to ordinary high school-will grasp the real level of malice and damage produced by the far-too-clever director.
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