Equal Danger

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Equal Danger

First edition
Author	Leonardo Sciascia
Original title	Il contesto
Translator	Adrienne Foulke
Language	Italian
Publication date	1971
Publication place	Italy
Published in English	1973
Media type	Print
Pages	119 pp (first English edition, hardcover)
ISBN	0-06-013809-2
Preceded by	La corda pazza
Followed by	The Wine-Dark Sea

Equal Danger (Italian title: Il contesto) is a 1971 detective novel by Leonardo Sciascia where a police inspector investigating a string of murders finds himself involved in existential political intrigues. Set in an indeterminate country this novel is informed by the corrupt politics and the Mafia of Sciascia's experiences in 1970s Sicily.