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commissaire inspector dottore
academic and personal thoughts on detective-inspector novels
la forma dell'acqua
lectionWhen a political bigwig dies under louche circumstances, Commissario Montalbano is called in to investigate – and just as quickly encouraged to drop the investigation. Naturally he doesn't, and naturally as he starts to pull, a messy tangle of sex, blackmail, family rivalries, and mafia maneuverings starts to unravel. The first of the long-running Montalbano series.
- Camilleri, Andrea. La forma dell'acqua. Palermo: Sellerio, 1994.
- ___. La forme de l'eau. Translated by Serge Quadruppani with the assistance of Maruzza Loria. Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1998.
- ___. Die Form des Wassers. Translated by Schahrzad Assemi. Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe, 1999.
- ___. Vandets form. Translated by Cecilia Jakobsen. København: Fremad, 2001.
- ___. Ksztalt wody. Translated by Jaroslaw Mikolajewski. Warszawa: Noir sur Blanc, 2001.
- ___. The Shape of Water. Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. New York: Viking, 2002.
- ___. La forma del agua. Translated by María Antonia Menini. Barcelona: Emecé, 2002.
- ___. Vattnets form. Translated by Barbro Andersson. Stockholm: Modernista, 2013.
Followed by Il cane di terracotta
this is the edition that I cite
Kolsky, Stephen. "Camilleri's La forma dell'acqua: Rewriting the Sicilian Detective Novel." Forum Italicum 43 (2009): 139-154.