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The Day of the Owl
Leonardo Sciascia
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Description for The Day of the Owl
Paperback. 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.. Translator(s): Oliver, Arthur. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100. Good clean copy
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847089250
SKU
9781847089250
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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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Day of the Owl
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
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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
... Read more