The Sacco Gang

Camilleri, Andrea
Andrea Camilleri is widely considered to be one of the greatest living Italian writers. His Montalbano crime series, each installment of which is a bestseller in Italy, is published in America by Penguin Random House. Several books in the series have been New York Times bestsellers. His literary honors include the Nino Martoglio International Book award. Born in Sicily, Camilleri currently lives in Rome. Sartarelli, Stephen
Stephen Sartarelli is a contemporary poet and prize-winning translator. He has written three books of poetry and translated over forty works of fiction and poetry, focusing on French and Italian.

Praise for The Sacco Gang
"His latest nonfiction volume, The Sacco Gang, finds him digging through the cold coals of a real-life case from the early 20th century, a twisted morality tale worthy of the wild west." -The Observer
"This is a riveting story of how organized crime, political corruption, and judicial duplicity can oppress freedom."-Publishers Weekly

"If history is the story of the winners and the powerful, it's not only the fault of historians; the fact is that the traces of the past with which they work-'documents'-are left by those arranging for their own posterity . . . Camilleri rebels against this fiction, creating another, more refined and luminous one." -La Repubblica

Praise for Andrea Camilleri

"The novels of Andrea Camilleri breathe out the sense of place, the sense of humor, and the sense of despair that fills the air of Sicily."
-Donna Leon, author of the Guido Brunetti series

"The idiosyncratic Montalbano is totally endearing."
-The New York Times

"Camilleri is as crafty and charming a writer as his protagonist is an investigator."
-The Washington Post Book World

Praise for The Revolution of the Moon

"A tragicomic parable of justice...Camilleri laces this true tale of exemplary leadership with humor."
-Kirkus Reviews

"Bestselling and award-winning Italian author Camilleri (the Inspector Montalbano series) offers a marvelous historical drama based on a true but little-known episode of 17th-century Sicilian history." -Publishers Weekly

"Andrea Camilleri's The Revolution of the Moon beats the odds, rendering a fascinating story built on a true historical moment and managing to sell me a political novel in a time when I'm the least likely to read anything political."
-Words Without Borders

"[Camilleri] presents us here with a historical novel encompassing his skills as a researcher combined with the masterful ability to wring not only meaning from a story but fun, too. His sly, wry approach to matters of