Overlapping words: Peter Robb's Midnight in Sicily and Leonardo Sciascia's Detective Stories in Italics

In Midnight in Sicily (1996), Australian author Peter Robb presents clues and facts concerning over a decade of the intricate plots of the Sicilian mafia from 1978 to 1992, drawing on literature to support his analysis of their impact on Italian politics and society. This paper discusses the influence of Leonardo Sciascia's detective stories on Robb's Midnight in Sicily. Sciascia's The Day of the Owl (1961), The Context (1971) and Todo Modo (1974) are often quoted by Robb to comment the facts narrated in his book.