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...
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.
The most intelligent detective story I have ever read and the ideal
introduction to Sciascia's brilliant but little known oeuvre
*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]
*Metro*
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