A Sicilian Man

In Moorehead’s expert telling Sciascia emerges as a unique force and talent – Francesca Angelini * SUNDAY TIMES *Moorehead offers a fascinating portrait of Sciascia’s life and tumultuous times – Ian Thompson * SPECTATOR *Accomplished, balanced historical biography * LITERARY REVIEW *Vivid and disturbing but utterly compelling * DAILY MAIL *The best non-fiction I read this year… fulfils its daunting task of giving a proper account of this great Sicilian writer, you will want to keep an eye out for it * SPECTATOR, Books of the Year *Terrific – John Quin * IRISH TIMES *Vivid and knowledgeable... Caroline Moorehead has a profound understanding of Italy… This feels like the book she was destined to write – LUCY HUGHES-HALLETT, author of The PikeSciascia is the noblest of Italian novelists, and in this magnificent and deeply affecting biography, Caroline Moorehead has given a full account of him, his people, his island, his tragic times – PHILIP HENSHER, author of A Small Revolution in GermanyIn Caroline Moorehead, [Sciascia] finds his perfect biographer. A Sicilian Man is a fine book that gets under the skin of a man attempting to reckon with the sins of his count * DAUNT BOOKS NEWSLETTER *Few writers really make a difference. This is a handsome memorial to one who did * Oldie *

Caroline Moorehead is a bestselling and prize-winning author, and the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo, Madame de la Tour du Pin and Martha Gellhorn. Her recent books - a quartet focused on resistance to dictatorship, particularly in Italy and France - were shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Orwell Prize and the Costa Biography Award. She lives in London.