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Marcel Berlins, The Times
Wit and laugh-aloud humour, the delicious atmosphere of Sicily, the occasional recipes..and the character of Montalbano himself...a joy to read
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The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri's savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series featuring Inspector Montalbano
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What a great new find...,
This review is from: The Voice of the Violin (Montalbano 4) (Hardcover)
For me this is a great new find. Translated from italian, it looses nothing of the humour and richness of Montalbano and his life in Sicily. I have laughed out loud and been captivated by the setting. A wonderful read.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another enjoyable read by Camilleri,
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This review is from: The Voice of the Violin (Montalbano 4) (Paperback)
When the police car of Inspector Montalbano hits a small car parked at an apparently deserted country home, the inspector has a gut feeling that something is wrong. He finds the body of a beautiful woman, strangled in her bedroom. After a short while it turns out that the woman has numerous acquaintances in the area and that there are a fair number of suspects. The investigation is not made any easier by the fact that Montalbano's superiors are not exactly supporting him, even though his own team is squarely behind him. A combination of good policework and flashes of brilliance in the end solves the crime. In the meantime Montalbano also has to sort out the mess that he is making of his private life. And that is the nice thing about this series: it is the combination of police work and private hassles, that make Montalbano into more than your average, typical policeman-from-a-novel, but rather a real character with his good and his bad sides.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
music to my ears,
By superscribe (Urmston, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Voice of the Violin (Montalbano 4) (Paperback)
I have now read the first four books in the Inspector Montalbano series and, like the first three, 'The Voice of the Violin' was music to my ears. The hero is a very likeable character although he does have a mean streak when he's in a grumpy mood or someone upsets him, which happens regularly. His appetite for food is remarkable (coral sauce made of langoustine roe and sea-urchin pulp! Baby Squid!)and he seems to spend most of the book eating, preparing to eat, or recovering after eating. The other characters are well presented and the plot flows along pretty well. I have been a bit critical giving four stars but the minor sub plot regarding Montalbano, his absentee girlfriend, and the young boy they planned to adopt, is a bit confusing if you haven't read 'The Snack Thief'. And the Inspector's flash of inspiration towards the end of the book (the voice of the violin) seemed a bit thin. Perhaps it's just me. I like the way the traslator, Stephen Sartarelli, includes some explanatory notes at the end of the book. I often wish the authors of Hollywood detective stories would do the same. If you aren't a vegetarian, and don't mind the occasional rude word, you will enjoy this novel.
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