La Prima Indagine di Montalbano - Andrea Camilleri

Libro e scrittore interessante - tutto scritto in dialetto siciliano.  Prende un po' di tempo ad abituarsi ama finalmente diventa più chiaro e si comprende.  Il libro comprende tre storie, due brevi e una più lunga.  Montalbano e poliziotto intelligente e furbo.  Ama molto anche mangiare, e il libro parla molto di vari piatti che mangia, sopratutto di pesce e di frutta di mare.  E un libro e carattere simpatici.

The Strange Library - Haruki Murakami

A longish short story about some strange recesses and hidden horrors in a library.  Another strange Murakami story - sometimes it almost feels as if he just writes whatever comes into his head.

The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

A collection of short stories, all of them weird in a Murakami way.  Mixed bag - some I found interesting, some not so much.

The Constant Gardener - John Le Carré

Typical Le Carré - compelling plot, great characters, and at the same time an exploration of a contemporary issue.  The issue this time is 3rd world development, especially in Africa, and also unscrupulous activity by big pharma, hand in hand with local and international elites.  He explores how shady business practices, bribery and complicity on the part of local and foreign governments allows shocking, at times lethal, practices to continue.  Around the edges you also sense how big corporations, large mafia and top end government and political figures always somehow manage to land on their feet with each others assistance, and the rest of us be damned.  Through one of the main characters, he also explores how indifference, keeping one's head down, and misplaced loyalty make so many lesser figures complicit in this kind of immoral and illegal activity.