The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia (ISBN:159017061X)

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		The Day of the Owl
	
				(8 reviews)			
(347 Readers)

			Leonardo Sciascia		
	
They share a single concern: to keep the truth from coming out.This short, beautifullypaced novel is a mesmerizing description of the Mafia at work.

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							Agostino
						
							few weeks ago						
Great!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Probably the best novella of this genre I have ever read . Though strictly speaking a detective story its far more about invoking a Sicily if not the Italy of the 60s. A slowly corroding political corpse  as the political classes at local and even national level increasingly make deals literally with the devil in the form of Mafia.Dark, brutal uncompromising at times tragic yet with lashes of...more
 Probably the best novella of this genre I have ever read . Though strictly speaking a detective story its far more about invoking a Sicily if not the Italy of the 60s. A slowly corroding political corpse  as the political classes at local and even national level increasingly make deals literally with the devil in the form of Mafia.Dark, brutal uncompromising at times tragic yet with lashes of real black comedy . sciascia is great   hide

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
A deep paint of Sicilian scenario.

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