Andrea Camilleri

A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-17
Mått178 x 254 x 10 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMcFarland Companions to Mystery Fiction
Antal sidor185
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786446704

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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.

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Organization of the Companion The Inspector Montalbano Novels and Short Stories in Chronological Order The Inspector Montalbano Novels and Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Camilleri’s Other Works in Chronological Order Camilleri’s Other Works in Alphabetical Order A Brief Biography A Career Chronology The Companion Annotated Bibliography Index

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.