Montblanc Fountain Pens Mentioned In Fiction

[Tom Kellie]

~ During recent months it's been necessary to re-read a number of books, among them crime novels by Donna Leon set in Venice, Italy.

While reading I was surprised to notice Montblanc fountain pens mentioned in four of her novels.

• Death in a Strange Country (1993) in Chapter 8 when Vice-Questore Giuseppe Patta signs papers

• Death and Judgment (1995) in Chapter 3 with Avvocato Trevisan makes calculations

• Acqua Alta (1996) in Chapter 4 when Vice-Questore Patta is described as using his Montblanc Meisterstück

• Wilful Behavior (2002) in Chapter 22 when Commissario Guido Brunetti's friend Marco Erizzo uses a Montblanc with purple ink

Are Montblanc fountain pens frequently mentioned by contemporary fiction authors?

If so, I wasn't aware of it until now. Had I read more widely perhaps this wouldn't have surprised me.

Tom K.

Edited August 13, 2016 by Tom Kellie

[Wolverine1]

I usually read book published in English, published in the USA and the UK. I have never seen any references to MB pens, except for a book by Max Walker, the Australian author. Even then, he just mentioned it in passing.

[whatanicepen]

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