Salvo Montalbano, the eponymous character in the above TV series and an earlier series of novels and short stories
In the novel La caccia al tesoro by Andrea Camilleri, published in 2010, Inspector Montalbano receives an anonymous parcel containing a Lazzaroni litographed box with the words "Fornitori della Real Casa" (literally "Suppliers of the Royal House") on it, a title formerly awarded to manufacturers who became official suppliers for the House of Savoy.
The Shape of Water (La forma dell’acqua) is the first episode in the series and was published in 1994, translated into English in 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli.
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The translator Stephen Sartarelli has attempted to maintain the mixture of Italian and Sicilian dialect in the dialogues.
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Since 1999, RAI has been producing a television series based on the novels, called in Italian, Il commissario Montalbano.
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The name Montalbano is a homage to the Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán; the similarities between Montalbán's Pepe Carvalho and Camilleri's fictional detective are remarkable.
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In Italian literature, Inspector Montalbano, the main character of Andrea Camilleri's novels, is a well-known lover of arancini and he has contributed to making this dish known outside of Italy.