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Italy - Inspector Montalbano

Foreign Bodies Series 1
Episode 10 of 15

Andrea Camilleri's crime stories depict corruption, politics and power in Italy. Mark Lawson goes to Rome to investigate.

Andrea Camilleri discusses the influence of both the Spanish writer MontalbΓ΅n and Belgian author Georges Simenon on the creation of his Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano.

In a conversation recorded at his home in Rome with Mark Lawson, he describes the way he uses his crime stories to comment upon the effects of both the Mafia and Berlusconi's leadership on Italian society today.

Producer: Robyn Read

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2012.

15 minutes

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Sat 11 May 2019 02:15
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  • Fri 2 Nov 2012 13:45
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  • Sat 15 Oct 2016 02:15
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  • Fri 10 May 2019 14:15
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  • Sat 11 May 2019 02:15
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