Machine generated contents note: 1.The Isolation of the Intellectual in the Works of Leonardo Sciascia -- 2.The Professor Investigates: Pontiggia, Piazzese, Seminerio -- 3.The Intellectual Between Obscurantism and Renovation: Umberto Eco's Il nome della rosa -- 4.Injustice, Memory and Death in the Novels of Antonio Tabucchi -- 5.Investigating the Condition of Women: Dacia Maraini's Voci -- 6.Intellectuals in Noir -- 7.From Pasolini to Saviano: Reality, Fiction and Literature of Inquiry.