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The Day Of The Owl Leonardo Sciascia

The Day Of The Owl By Leonardo Sciascia

The Day Of The Owl by Leonardo Sciascia


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Summary

A crime has been committed in a public place. A dark-suited man was shot as he ran for a bus. The investigating officer of the crime soon finds that, in this small Mafia-run town, no one saw him fall...

The Day Of The Owl Summary

The Day Of The Owl by Leonardo Sciascia

In the piazza, a man lies dead. No one will say if they witnessed his killing. This presents a challenge to the investigating officer, a man who earnestly believes in the values of a democratic and modern society. Indeed, his enquiries are soon blocked off by a wall of silence and vested interests; he must work against the community to save it and expose the truth.The narrative moves on two levels: that of the investigator, who reveals a chain of savage crimes; and that of the bystanders and watchers, of those complicit with secret power, whose gossipy, furtive conversations have only one end - to stop the truth coming out. This novel about the Mafia is also a mesmerizing demonstration of how that organization sustains itself. It is both a beautifully, tautly written story and a brave act of denunciation.

The Day Of The Owl Reviews

The most intelligent detective story I have ever read and the ideal introduction to Sciascia's brilliant but little known oeuvre -- Thomas Wright * Daily Telegraph *
The best evocation of Sicily I've read, this is one for the crime connoisseurs -- Leslie Forbes
A very well-written page turner. This is an absorbing and compelling story * Northampton Chronicle *
One of the major writers of the age * Time Literary Supplement *
A detective story that is so much more; sharp and precise and demanding the reader to render judgement * Absolutely Chelsea *
Irresistible... The finest writer [out of these classic sleuth reissues] -- Anthony Cummins * Metro *

About Leonardo Sciascia

LEONARDO SCIASCIA was born in Sicily in 1912 and died there in 1989. Like Joseph Roth, Sciascia worked with deceptively simple forms - books about crime, historical novels, political thrillers - and was a master of lucid and accessible prose. This polished surface conceals great depths of sophistication and an intense engagement with the moral and historical problems of modern Italy, especially of his native Sicily. His books are rooted in a particular culture; they speak to anyone who has ever wondered how people can endure unbearable injustice.

Additional information

GOR005583399
9781847089250
1847089259
The Day Of The Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Granta Books
20140102
272
N/A
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