Leonardo Sciascia wrote Sicilian crime fiction, political novels and essays in which investigation rarely leads to a reassuring restoration of order. The Day of the Owl follows a police inquiry into a murder that exposes the reach of the Mafia and the social mechanisms that protect it. Equal Danger turns a series of murdered judges into a darker examination of state power and conspiracy, while To Each His Own begins with an anonymous threat and a killing in a small Sicilian community where the truth is easier to see than to act upon. Sciascia's novels are short, dry and intellectually tense, using detective structures to examine corruption, silence and the limits of justice. His work fits literary crime, Sicilian fiction and political noir, with useful comparisons to Georges Simenon and Friedrich Dürrenmatt for readers who prefer mysteries that leave institutions, rather than individual villains, under suspicion. Read more Less
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