A Sicilian Man Leonardo Sciascia, The Rise Of The Mafia And The Struggle For Italy's Soul by Caroline Moorehead

Corruption, sleaze and violence were woven into the fabric of twentieth-century Sicilian life, as the Mafia rose to dominance; this is the story of one man who stood in opposition. In 1986, the largest Mafia trial in Italy's history took place in Sicily. The maxi-processo saw 471 men and 4 women take the stand, accused of kidnapping, extortion, drug trafficking and many thousands of murders. Sitting in the galley was Leonardo Sciascia, then aged sixty-five. One of the greatest European writers of the twentieth century, he had published the first Mafia novel, The Day of the Owl, in 1961, and was widely seen by Italians as a true moral figure in a country where corruption had seeped into every corner of public and private life. ... In A Sicilian Man, prize-winning historian and biographer Caroline Moorehead charts Sciascia's life against the rise of the Mafia, and lays out the thrilling and devastating struggle that ensued for Italy's soul.

Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Year:	2026
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9781784745042
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	First couple pages creased on upper right corners.

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SKU: 1600156
Location: Biography