Bruce Lockland Lockland itibaren Staraya Borovshchina, Novgorodskaya oblast', Rusija, 174760
I like Commissario Montalbano. He's a complex, human character and there is humour as well as tragedy in his life. In a society dominated the the Mafia, he maintains his integrity, but doesn't always get the criminals put away. The translation here is a bit clunky and is obviously aimed at the American market. Translating slang is really difficult to get right and sometimes the translator hasn't quite got it right, but the story is nonetheless an entertaining one.