by Leonardo Sciascia · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845916755
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«Il giorno della civetta» is the crime novel by Leonardo Sciascia, published by Adelphi in paperback (137 pages, in Italian).
Captain Bellodi investigates the murder of a man on a bus in a small Sicilian town. His inquiries clash with the silence of witnesses and a web of complicity linking the mafia with politicians and businessmen. The work portrays omertà, corruption and impunity in Sicily in the 1960s.
The work was originally published in 1961 and is considered the first novelistic representation of the mafia. This is the tenth edition of the Gli Adelphi collection, volume 203.
For readers of crime fiction, Italian literature and twentieth-century classics, interested in narratives about the mafia.
Leonardo Sciascia was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright, and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Porte Aperte, Cadaveri Eccellenti, Todo Modo and Il giorno della civetta.
