"This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die." But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. He takes the letter for a joke. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead." "The police investigation is inconclusive. However, Profess[...]
Leonardo Sciascia was an outstanding and controversial presence in twentieth-century Italian literary and intellectual life. Writing about his native Sicily and its culture of secrecy and suspicion, Sciascia matched sympathy with skepticism, unflinching intelligence with a streetfighter's intransige[...]
On March 16, 1978, Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed and kidnapped by the Red Brigades terrorist group in Rome. Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the trunk of a car parked in the crowded center of Rome. An essayist with a reputation for independence, Leonardo Sc[...]
This new translation into English of the acclaimed writer's final detective story serves as the perfect introduction to an important Italian writer. Published just before the author's death, this novella refines and condenses Sciascia's analysis of corrupt systems and the crucial part they play in S[...]
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...[...]
Four novellas that offer a tantalising glimpse of Sicilian life, from the 1848 revolution to the death of Stalin[...]
A collection of the best of Sciascia's gritty, darkly glittering short stories
A penetrating and uncompromising account of one of the greatest scandals in modern Italian politics - the kidnap and murder of former Prime Minister Aldo Moro[...]
Two of Sciascia's most powerful novellas published side by side: One Way or Another is a chillingly prophetic work, while in The Knight and Death a mysterious handwritten note proves fatal[...]
Abbot Vella is a schemer who sets out to exploit the Sicilian aristocracy by making reference to a fictitious ancient Arabic chronicle that enhances the rights of some families and justifies the claim of Naples over the island community.[...]
On March 16 1978, Also Moro, former Italian Prime Minister, was ambushed in Rome by the Red Brigades. Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the boot of a Renault parked in the crowded centre of Rome. In this book, Leonardo Sciasica untangles the real-life events of these crucial weeks.[...]
Uglens dag regnes som verdens første mafiaroman, og er en internasjonal klassiker. Sciascia utga kriminalromanen i 1961, på et tidspunkt da mafiaens eksistens ble offentlig fornektet. Boka førte til bred debatt og til ny åpenhet om både CosaNostra og korrupsjonen som gjennomsyret det italienske[...]
"Jukset viser seg", sier man gjerne. Eller rettere sagt: Man ønsker at juks og ugjerninger blir avslørt. Men iblant skjer det for sent, eller kanskje aldri ... Den italienske kontroversielle politikeren, læreren, essayisten og forfatteren, Leonardo Sciascia, skrev flere kriminalromaner som bryter[...]