- Paperback: 137 pages
- Publisher: Manchester University Press; 1st edition (4 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719045509
- ISBN-13: 978-0719045509
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,168,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Il giorno della civetta, " set in the early 1960s, tells the story of a "carabinieri" captain investigating the mafia killing of a local building contractor in a small town in western Sicily. Captain Bellodi pursues his enquiries honestly and intelligently, without realizing that his intervention will stir up a hornets' nest. There are powerful figures who have a vested interest in making sure not only that Bellodi's inquiries will come to nothing, but that the very existence of the mafia itself can be denied. Leonardo Sciascia shows us not only the police operations but how shadowy, unidentified figures combine to frustrate Bellodi's investigation. Sciascia's intention in writing the book was to bring to as wide an audience as possible an awareness of the problem of the mafia and its hold, not only on Sicily, but on important areas of public life: the police, the judiciary, politics and even the Catholic Church. He succeeds brilliantly in this picture of his own beloved island.
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The book about the mafia
24 Feb 2000
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I had to work with this book in my studies in Italian language and it was a great pleasure for me to know this author. He describes brillantly the relations in the big family, where nobody owes to say a word about the big bosses and the crimes, which have happened. This silence, omertá, causes the power of the mafia. Regarding this system the officer gets frustrated, because there's no chance for him to arrest the big boss, which is evidently not innocent. My comment about this book is very positive and I could tell everybody to read it, too.
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