On the Trail of Inspector Montalbano in Sicily

| Sun, 05/04/2025 - 09:00
Scicli, the fictional Vigata in the Inspector Montalbano series
Scicli, the fictional town of "Vigata" in the Inspector Montalbano series / Photo: faber1893 via Shutterstock

When I first moved to Italy, my unofficial language tutor was a grumpy Sicilian police chief. 

It’s not as intimidating as it sounds. His name was Salvo Montalbano — Inspector Salvo Montalbano, that is — and he was created by the late novelist Andrea Camilleri, whose centenary will be celebrated in September. The food-loving, crime-solving cop was later immortalized by the RAI series Il commissario Montalbano (Inspector Montalbano), which premiere

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