Andrea camilleri boccaccio biography

He has always been a writer, but Camilleri began his public career as a producer and director of plays, achieving fame as a novelist only in the last decade.

His stories are entertaining, though-provoking. If they can be viewed as social commentary, all the better.

In a Camilleri novel character development and mood are almost as important as plot. Details are important, and they may well reflect the cerebral rumblings of an introspective genius.

It isn't often that an author captures the essence of a place. But like Camilleri, Sicily's better-known authors (Sciascia, Quasimodo, Tomasi di Lampedusa) have done so, and they're among the island's harshest social critics.

Camilleri, however, stands apart as an entertainer.

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His books are fascinating even for readers with no interest in Sicilian society per se. Some stories of the Montalbano series, in particular, have been well-received in Italy when adapted into telefilms. These books have been criticised