{"id":5190,"date":"2015-03-21T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2020-12-27T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T22:50:00","slug":"the-fourth-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5190","title":{"rendered":"The Fourth Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fourth Secret<\/a><\/em> (2002\/2014) Andrea Camilleri<\/a> translated by Gianluca Rizzo and Dominic Siracusa<\/p>\n

\"Fourth-Secret\"<\/a>These are not the usual translators for this series, and they were nowhere near as good as his usual translators. First, there were multiple errors (in this short novella), and second, Catarella’s voice is very different here than in the books, which made it confusing. Montalbano is find, but Catarella has a very distinctive voice, and plays a large part in this book, so the change in voice was very noticeable.<\/p>\n

\u201cCatar\u00e8, why don\u2019t you have a doctor look at your leg?\u201d
\n\u201cBecause he left.\u201d
\n\u201cGo to another then.\u201d
\n\u201cNo, sir, I trust only him. He\u2019s a cousin of mine on my dad\u2019s side, and he\u2019s a very good veterinarian.\u201d
\nMontalbano paused for a second. \u201cYou prefer a veterinarian?\u201d
\n\u201cWhy, sir, what\u2019s the difference? We\u2019re all animals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s definitely something Catarella would say, but it doesn’t feel quite like how he normally says it. Plus, that’s not Montalbano’s normal diminutive for him, which was also slightly confusing.<\/p>\n

Another important thing to note is that this story was written in 2002 and only recently translated. Between Montalbano’s fixation with aging in the more recent books, and the technology bits that were out of place for a newly published book, it threw initially until I recognized this was an older story.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, it was an enjoyable short story\/novella. I always enough spending time with Montalbano.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fourth Secret (2002\/2014) Andrea Camilleri translated by Gianluca Rizzo and Dominic Siracusa These are not the usual translators for this series, and they were nowhere near as good as his usual translators. First, there were multiple errors (in this short novella), and second, Catarella’s voice is very different here than in the books, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,42,35,38],"tags":[94,95,54],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mystery","category-police","category-short-story","category-translated","tag-andrea-camilleri","tag-inspector-montalbano","tag-italy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1lI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1574,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1574","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":0},"title":"The Wings of the Sphinx","author":"Michelle","date":"January 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wings of the Sphinx (2006\/2009) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli Inspector Salvo Montalbano and his girlfriend Livia are again on the outs. And his day begins with a call from Catarella, about a dead body. And if you've read an inspector Montalbano book, you know that no phone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Wings-Sphinx.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19504,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19504","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":1},"title":"Riccardino","author":"Michelle","date":"January 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Riccardino (2020\/2021) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli (Inspector Montalbano Mystery) Andrea Camilleri died in 2019. He had written this book and sent it to his editor, to be published after his death. This is the final novel with Inspector Montalbano as its protagonist. I first started writing it in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Riccardino","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Riccardino-scaled-e1641133031405.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Riccardino-scaled-e1641133031405.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Riccardino-scaled-e1641133031405.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Riccardino-scaled-e1641133031405.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12225,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12225","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":2},"title":"The Other End of the Line","author":"Michelle","date":"November 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Other End of the Line (2016\/2019) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli The 24th Inspector Montalbano book finds the Vigata police helping to deal with the influx of immigrants landing on their shores, and it's a problem for everyone. \u201cWhy did you summon Catarella for port duty last night?\u201d\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Other End of the Line","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Other-End-of-the-Line.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5410,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5410","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":3},"title":"A Beam of Light","author":"Michelle","date":"September 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A Beam of Light (2012\/2015) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli The problem with the \"surprise\" in this book is that it refers to events that happened early in the series, and since that character hadn't been referred to in years, having him brought up again (when he hadn't been\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"A-Beam-of-Light","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/A-Beam-of-Light.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5241,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5241","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":4},"title":"The Shape of Water","author":"Michelle","date":"May 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Shape of Water (1994\/2002) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli This is the first Inspector Montalbano story, and was supposed to be the only Montalbano story, however, the character got away from the author, and we now have many books to enjoy. \u201cInspector Montalbano? This is Mr. Luparello.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mystery"","block_context":{"text":"Mystery","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/mystery"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/SHape-of-Water.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10845,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10845","url_meta":{"origin":5190,"position":5},"title":"Voice of the Violin, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"May 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Voice of the Violin, Audible Version (1997\/2003\/2008) Andrea Camilleri translated by Stephen Sartarelli narrated by Grover Gardner This book begins the slow and slight redemption of Catarella. \u201cOh, Chief, I got another streamly impoitant ting to tell ya. Somebody from Montelusa Central called to talk to me in poisson, Inspector\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/Voice-Violin-e1511038008168.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}