Andrea Camilleri is widely considered to be one of the greatest living Italian writers. His Montalbano crime series, each installment of which is a bestseller in Italy, is published in America by Penguin Random House. Several books in the series have been New York Times bestsellers. His literary honors include the Nino Martoglio International Book Award. Born in Sicily, Camilleri currently lives in Rome.
"Praise for The Sacco Gang ""If history is the story of winners and the powerful, it's not only the fault of historians; the fact is that the traces of the past with which they work--'documents'--are left by those arranging for thier own posterity...Camilleri rebels against this fiction, creating another, more refined and luminous one.""--La Repubblica Praise for Andrea Camilleri""The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.""--Donna Leon, author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series ""The idiosyncratic Montalbano is totally endearing.""--The New York Times""Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator.""--The Washington Post Book World Praise for The Sacco Gang -If history is the story of winners and the powerful, it's not only the fault of historians; the fact is that the traces of the past with which they work--'documents'--are left by those arranging for thier own posterity...Camilleri rebels against this fiction, creating another, more refined and luminous one.---La Repubblica Praise for Andrea Camilleri-The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.---Donna Leon, author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series -The idiosyncratic Montalbano is totally endearing.---The New York Times-Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator.---The Washington Post Book World Praise for The Sacco Gang ""If history is the story of winners and the powerful, it's not only the fault of historians; the fact is that the traces of the past with which they work--'documents'--are left by those arranging for thier own posterity...Camilleri rebels against this fiction, creating another, more refined and luminous one.""--La Repubblica Praise for Andrea Camilleri""The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily.""--Donna Leon, author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series ""The idiosyncratic Montalbano is totally endearing.""--The New York Times""Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator.""--The Washington Post Book World"