The Snack Thief -- Take 2

This was another murder mystery that was just okay.  I enjoyed the unfolding plot better than City of Buried Ghosts, though - as with so many of these stories - all disbelief must be suspended. This one involved some international conspiracy, disappeared people, a kiddo, and of course a troubled main character. 

I found him, Inspector Montalbano, to be nearly insufferable.  What perhaps were supposed to be this quirks (his constant need to put his desire to eat above all else, including relationships and the ongoing investigation) and sympathetic character flaws (a phobia of committing to his long-suffering girlfriend) to my mind just made him seem like a completely unlikable and self-centered jerk.  Not someone I'm particularly interested in spending more time with.

The beating heart of the story, though he makes few appearances, is the titular Snack Thief.

(To be fair to the author, Andrea Camilleri, this is a work in translation. Some of what I dislike about it may be the work of the translator. But to the reader of the English-language version, does the source of the flaws really matter so much?  Either way, they're there.)