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A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul

By (author) Caroline Moorehead

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â€˜Vividâ€™ SUNDAY TIMES â€˜Fascinatingâ€™ SPECTATOR â€˜Utterly compellingâ€™ DAILY MAIL Corruption and violence dominated twentieth-century Sicilian life, as the Mafia rose to power. This is the story of one man who stood in opposition. In 1986, the largest Mafia trial in Italyâ€™s history took place. Sitting in the gallery was Leonardo Sciascia, one of the greatest European writers of the twentieth century. Sciascia had come of age alongside the Mafia. He witnessed it infiltrate every level of Italian politics and grow into an international, highly successful business. In 1961, he published the first Mafia novel, and throughout his life he issued dire warnings about what would happen if its power was not curbed. Many Italians regarded him as the only true moral figure in a country beset by corruption. In A Sicilian Man, prize-winning historian and biographer Caroline Moorehead charts Sciasciaâ€™s life against the rise of the Mafia and lays out the thrilling and devastating struggle that ensued for Italyâ€™s soul. â€˜Brilliant and powerfulâ€¦ Unforgettableâ€™ JUNG CHANG â€˜Accomplished, balanced historical biographyâ€™ LITERARY REVIEW â€˜Magnificent and deeply affectingâ€™ PHILIP HENSHER â€˜Vivid and knowledgeable... the book [Moorehead] was destined to writeâ€™ LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT â€˜Terrificâ€™ IRISH TIMES