The Day of the Owl
About this book
A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while Bellodi's investigation is being carefully monitored by a host of observers, near and far. They share a single to keep the truth from coming out.
Reader Profile
· 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Day of the Owl?
About ≈ 2 h 18 m — 124 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Day of the Owl?
124 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Day of the Owl?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Day of the Owl in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Day of the Owl?
Leonardo Sciascia.