We can even link to book reviews: The Leopard

For example, a brief review of The Leopard can be viewed here.

Jonathan Jones in UK's The Guardian provides a more historical perspective.

A biography of Guiseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa by David Gilmour, called The Last Leopard, was published by Pantheon Books in 1988. Although now out of print, this book may be available through public libraries. I haven't checked LAPL yet. Here is a brief review in Amazon.com.

Does anyone know anything about British politics? Julian Critchely who is a Conservative MP rates The Leopard as his number one best all time favorite book in this article in The Guardian.

It seems as though The Leopard is big in England, at least amongst the Guardian book editors. It's on their list of the first 50 essential books. This list might be worth looking at for future books. On their booktalk site, a reaction to their list by Guga provides more books.