Among Sicilian writers Leonardo Sciascia is supreme. His books are both lucid and mysterious; they address complex, public subjects with clarity and elegance; they move with the pace of thrillers, and have the resonance of poetry.
– Philip Hensher,
The Spectator The accessibility and beauty of Sciascia's prose suggest he wanted it to be an antidote to the silent complicity and self–deception confronting both him and his heroes. When he wrote about crime, he was also writing about truth, solitude and belonging.
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The Observer
