District Attorney Varga is shot dead. Then Judge Sanza is killed. Then Judge Azar. Are these random murders, or part of a conspiracy? Inspector Rogas thinks he might know, but as soon as he makes progress he is transferred and encouraged to pin the crimes on the Left. But how committed are the cynical, fashionable, comfortable revolutionaries to revolution – or anything? Who is doing what to whom?
Acclaimed as one of Sciascia’s best political thrillers and “the best evocation of the mafia in its birthplace in Sicily” – Evening Standard
In his note at the end of the novel, Sciascia writes: “The light, the colour the incidents, the details – all can be Sicilian, Italian, but the substance…must be that of a fable about power anywhere in the world.” Sometimes referred to as “the conscience of Italy”, Sciascia sets his books in smalltown Sicily of the 1960s but their themes are truly universal. Influenced by Pirandello, Stendhal and Voltaire, Sciascia in his turn has influenced many writers, including Andrea Camilleri.
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