← Leonardo SciasciaTodo Modoby Leonardo SciasciaPolitical thriller set in clerical bureaucracy exploring power and corruptionFind 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 SciasciaThe Day of the OwlCrime novella exploring the Mafia and institutional corruption in Sicily→Equal 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→
