Andrea Camilleri
Italy
Having come late in life to writing, Camilleri thought he would just write a couple of books featuring DI Salvo Montalbano when he created him in 1994. The series now stands at 12, and Camilleri, who will be 86 this year, has become Italy’s best-selling and most loved author. He starts the day with a beer, smokes like a chimney, and is wonderfully engaging company. Montalbano is named after Vázquez Montalbán, whose writing and politics Camilleri greatly respects, and there are clear similarities between the Sicilian and Pepe Carvalho. If you haven’t read them, you have a treat in store
安德烈·卡米乐
意大利
如今这一系列现在已经有了12本,而今年已有86岁的卡米乐也已经成为意大利最畅销和最受爱戴的作者。每天他以一杯啤酒开始生活,他抽烟如同个大烟囱,他还有很多很好的朋友。小说中的人物Montalbano是他以自己极尊重其作品和政治主张的西班牙作家芒塔尔班(如上介绍过)命名的。他笔下这位出身西西里的侦探与芒塔尔班笔下的卡瓦罗有清晰的相似之处。如果你还没有读过这些故事,去发现那宝藏吧。