Detectives and David Cameron

"He is ardently pro-American and for the Iraq war." So says Andrew "taken any good drugs lately" Rawnsley. Oh well. So much for that then. He seemed like such a nice boy (Cameron, not Rawnsley). I saw the latter in the flesh once and he was tailor-made for the "small but perfectly formed" description. I instinctively distrust anyone so immaculately dressed.

On the bright side, I have discovered a new detective, Inspector Montalbano of Sicily. The Terracota Dog by Andrea Camilleri - who I assumed was a woman, so what do I know - was great and I have ordered the remaining extant translations online from my spanking new library. Papayoudily recommends this book! The blurb makes comparisons with Columbo, Philip Marlowe, Michael Dibdin, Donna Leon and the "culinary idiosyncrasies of an Italian Maigret". Fearless of the vengeful qualities of tyhe Society of Blurb Writers, I shall return to this topic shortly.