A Sicilian Man
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'This feels like the book [Moorehead] was destined to write' LUCY
HUGHES-HALLETT'Magnificent and deeply affecting' PHILIP
HENSHERCorruption, 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.Sciascia was born in 1921 and came of
age as the Mafia grew to prominence across Sicily. Widespread
poverty and hardship following the First World War meant that many
Sicilians no longer recognised Rome s leadership, which had left a
void for local gangsters to fill. Witnessing the scale of
corruption and violence, Sciascia predicted it would soon spread
north, and he was right: by the 1980s, the Mafia had infiltrated
every level of Italian politics and grown into an international,
highly successful business.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.|
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Random House ,
Caroline Moorehead
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Random House,
Caroline Moorehead
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Slovart
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