Mafia memoir triggers row after winning Sicilian literary prize

Controversy as Giuseppe Grassonelli's Malerba wins Sciascia-Racalmare prize, named after writer who challenged Cosa Nostra

The memoir of a mafia boss serving life imprisonment for a string of murders has won a Sicilian literary prize named after one of the first Italian writers to challenge not without controversy the Cosa Nostra.

Malerba, a book which recounts the life, crimes and education of Giuseppe Grassonelli an erstwhile "savage criminal" by his own admission emerged triumphant in this year's [Leonardo] Sciascia-Racalmare prize on Sunday.

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