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2000s: Be aware of beautiful women who put you off your food Montalbano!
Angelica’s Smile (Montalbano 17)
What you need to know before your trail
Vigàta’s elite are seemingly being targeted in a series of perfectly executed burglaries and so the case is handed to Inspector Montalbano who is rather reluctant to take it on. And he may be quite right, as this case is not just going to be one of hunting down possessions but rather secrets and scandals
Montalbano soon finds himself taken with one of the victims, the captivatingly beautiful young Angelica. He seems to be getting more and more captivated by her until he can think of nothing else. Not even his beloved food. Can this really be true Salvo? What is wrong with you?
It’s then when a series of strange, anonymous letters claiming responsibility for the thefts begin to arrive . . .
Travel Guide
Vigata or Porto Empedocle?
Vigata may be fictional but it is said to be inspired by Porto Empedocle where the author’s childhood home was.
As with the other Montalbano novels, the author states – ‘As is obvious, the names of …. streets, hotels etc are entirely fictitious and make no reference to reality’. What a shame.
Italian literature
Angelica – the woman who Montelbano falls for as she reminds him of someone – she is the spitting image he thinks of someone in Ariosto’s poem Orlando’s Furioso
“Of ladies, cavaliers, of love and war,
Of courtesies and of brave deeds I sing,
In times of high endeavour when the Moor
Had crossed the seas from Africa to bring
Great harm to France, when Agramante swore
In wrath, being now the youthful Moorish king,
To avenge Troiano, who was lately slain,
Upon the Roman Emperor Charlemagne.”
Via Roma
Via Roma – a street through the town where the literary Salvo Montalbano likes to stop at his favourite Caffè Albanese – the real Albanese has changed its name to Bar Vigata. Just down the road, leaning on a lamppost, is a statue of the inspector with a full head of hair and bushy moustache!
Sicily and Food
The gourmand parts are always mouthwatering and are as charming and unique as the landscape and characters..
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Angelica’s Smile (Montalbano 17)
Author/ Guide: Andrea Camilleri Destination: Sicily (fictional Vigata) Porto Empedocle Departure Time: 2000s
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