The Chemist of Catania
Substacknewsletter · by Alexander Lucie-Smith · English
I am a Catholic priest and I write about Sicily and the Mafia. I spent eight years in Italy, I have travelled the peninsula, and have long been fascinated by crime.
- Audience
- Not shown publicly
- We show a dash rather than guess
- Observed frequency
- Several times a week
- From 10 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Nov 5, 2026
- 10 days ago
- Likely audience
- Literary fiction readers
- Inferred from post content
The Chemist of Catania is a Substack newsletter by Alexander Lucie-Smith covering Literary fiction, Mafia narrative and Publishing announcement. NewsletterFIT indexed 10 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Nov 5, 2026.
Topics
- Literary fiction
- Mafia narrative
- Publishing announcement
- Political themes
- Sicilian society
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