Una storia semplice (novel)

Una storia semplice (A Simple Story) is a short novel by Leonardo Sciascia. It was the last novel of the author to be published, shortly before his death. It is inspired by a real event, i.e. the theft of the Caravaggio Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence happened in 1969.A film based on the novel was directed by Emidio Greco and released in 1991.