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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 wall of silence and vested interests; he must work against the very 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 only one end: to stop the truth coming out. This novel about the mafia is also a mesmerizing demonstration of how that organization sustains itself. It is both a beautifully, tautly written story and a brave act of denunciation.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Fiction in translation

• Full title: Day Of The Owl
• Author: Leonardo Sciascia
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781847089250
• ISBN: 1847089259
• ID: 02097837
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Weight: 100 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 130 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. January 2014

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