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Leonardo Sciascia
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The Day of the Owl / Equal Danger |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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117 |
| Date: |
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1987-06-25 |
| ISBN: |
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0586086005 |
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HarperCollins Publishers |
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0.35 pounds |
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5.12 x 7.72 x 0.63 inches |
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1 Tracey (United Kingdom) |
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1 Thomas (Belgium) |
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Product Description
This short novel about the mafia is also a mesmerizing demonstration of how that organization sustains itself. It is both a beautifully written story and a brave act of denunciation. A dark-suited man is shot as he runs for a bus in the piazza of a small town. The investigating officer is a man who believes in the values of a democratic and modern society, and soon finds himself up against a wall of silence and vested interests. The narrative moves on two levels: that of the investigator, who reveals a chain of nasty 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.
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http://bookmooch.com/0586086005 |
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