On the Trail of Inspector Montalbano in Sicily

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