The Book Club: The Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul
Best of the Spectator · The Spectator
February 5, 202639m 3s
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Show Notes
My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Caroline Moorehead, whose new book <em>A Sicilian Man: Leonardo Sciascia, the Rise of the Mafia and the Struggle for Italy’s Soul</em> tells the remarkable story of one of Italy’s best-known writers – who used the pulp detective novel to shine a light on the social and political rot of his native land.
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