A ciascuno il suo [To Each His Own] (1964) belongs to the unique literary hybrid that Leonardo Sciascia debuted in 1961 in Il giorno della civetta [The Day of the Owl] and continued in Il contesto [Equal Danger] (1971) and Todo Modo [Todo Modo] (1974). All these works could be categorized as detective novels with a socially critical conscience. Basically, the plot rotates around a central character who scrutinizes with lucid rationality a mysterious death that generally happens at the very beginning of the story. While the investigation follows the characteristic pattern of a murder mystery, Sciascia gives particular relevance to the socio-political discourse that surrounds the killing. These novels are all set in Sciascia’s native Sicily with the Mafia or its acolytes perpetrating crimes of every sort. The writer is mainly interested in using the murder mystery...
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Citation: Mazzola, Claudio. "A ciascuno il suo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 12 January 2022 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40570, accessed 05 December 2025.]
