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A review by kmlanahan
The Dance of the Seagull by Andrea Camilleri
4.0
After a disappointing [b:The Age of Doubt|13065250|The Age of Doubt (Inspector Montalbano, #14)|Andrea Camilleri|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1339554625s/13065250.jpg|6235288], this series is back on track. Fazio disappears, and Montalbano must find him. Along the way, he still has to think about his relationship with Livia, getting older, and his appetite.
This story had an actual mystery to solve, about a character we care about. Like all the stories, once the immediate crisis is over, the story slows down to a Sicilian pace, only to speed up again as all the loose threads come together.
Like all these stories, the translations are lovingly done, and no attempt is made to make this book as an "American" style mystery. The idioms don't get overtly Americanized, either, so we get wonderful word paintings of life in Vigita.
As usual, though, the brutality of Mafia and the roughness of life also come through. I can't recommend these to those with a delicate sensibility to violence, but Camilleri balances the sweetness of life with the horror of murder in a bold way.
This story had an actual mystery to solve, about a character we care about. Like all the stories, once the immediate crisis is over, the story slows down to a Sicilian pace, only to speed up again as all the loose threads come together.
Like all these stories, the translations are lovingly done, and no attempt is made to make this book as an "American" style mystery. The idioms don't get overtly Americanized, either, so we get wonderful word paintings of life in Vigita.
As usual, though, the brutality of Mafia and the roughness of life also come through. I can't recommend these to those with a delicate sensibility to violence, but Camilleri balances the sweetness of life with the horror of murder in a bold way.