← Leonardo SciasciaThe Day of the Owlby Leonardo SciasciaCrime novella exploring the Mafia and institutional corruption in SicilyFind on Amazon↗About the authorLeonardo SciasciaSicilian author whose detective novels and historical fictions use crime as a lens to examine Italian political corruption, the Mafia, and the recurring defeat of reason by power. The Day of the Owl is his most celebrated work.More by Leonardo SciasciaEqual DangerNovel examining the moral equivalence of political violence and state power→The Council of EgyptHistorical novel questioning truth and power set during Bourbon-era Sicily→A Man's Blessing→Todo ModoPolitical thriller set in clerical bureaucracy exploring power and corruption→
