The Council of Egypt by Leonardo Sciascia

The Council of Egypt

Leonardo Sciascia

224 pages first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction historical funny reflective sad medium-paced
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Palermo, 1783: The barons pursue feuds and petty plotting. Their wives indulge in forbidden French novels. And the porcine abbot Vella, eager to curry favor with Naples, "invents" an ancient Arabic chronicle, The Council of Egypt, that rewrites Si...

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