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The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia

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The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia

Ted Gioia
Jan 1, 2000
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At 6:30 on at a Saturday morning a man is shot while trying to catch a bus in a public square in a Sicilian town. The local police sergeant arrives on the scene within minutes, but despite an abundance of potential witnesses—the bus driver, the conductor, numerous other passengers, a street vendor— no one steps forward to provide useful details. All fir…

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