Night lies

The last night of four prisoners sentenced to death is the subject of Gesualdo Bufalino''s (1920-1996) masterpiece Night Lies, for which he won the 1988 Strega Prize. A story set in a space and time that is extremely restricted: the place is a dungeon on a forgotten island, and the time is eight. Night hours separate them from the scheduled execution shortly after dawn. But Bufalino does more than...