New Releases by Mario Puzo

Mafiaromaanien kiistämättömin kärkinimi. Newyorkinitalialaisesta mafiasuvusta kertova kirja on sementoinut asemansa rikos- ja sukuromaanien joukossa ja saavuttanut klassikon aseman myös Francis Ford Coppolan filmatisointina. Corleonen mafiasuku on pitänyt valtaa New Yorkin alamaailmassa jo pitkään, joskin sisilialaislähtöisellä perheellä on myös kilpailijoita ja vihamiehiä. Toinen maailmansota on vastikään päättynyt ja uusi aikakausi tuo uusia haasteita. "Kummisetä", suvun vanhin Don Vito Corleone, ei halua lähteä mukaan huumebisnekseen. Päätös käynnistää tapahtumasarjan, jota ei voi enää pysäyttää. Mario Puzo (1920–1999) oli yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija ja elokuvakäsikirjoittaja, joka tuli tunnetuksi mafiaa käsittelevistä romaaneistaan. Kummisetä myi miljoonia kappaleita ja sen filmatisointi sai lukuisia Oscar-palkintoja.

Le chef-d''œuvre oublié de l''auteur du Parrain. Domenico Clericuzio, chef du principal clan mafieux de New York est un parrain à l''ancienne. C''est pourtant lui qui, au fil des années, a modernisé son organisation pour l''amener vers des activités plus " légales ". Peu à peu la famille s''est éloignée de la prostitution et de la drogue pour investir à Las Vegas, à Hollywood, à Wall Street. Mais après des années de luttes, de corruptions, de trahisons en tous genres, alors qu''il devrait aspirer à une retraite bien méritée, Domenico doit aujourd''hui affronter le plus grave des dangers : la lutte fratricide entre ses deux petits-fils, Cross et Dante. Pourra-t-il empêcher sa famille de s''entredéchirer et de ruiner ainsi l''œuvre de sa vie ? Au meilleur de sa forme, l''auteur légendaire du Parrain nous offrait en 1996 cette saga familiale aussi noire que passionnante, considérée comme son chef d''œuvre par une critique unanime.

En una de sus novelas más ambiciosas, el autor de El Padrino consigue plasmar con extraordinaria viveza las costumbres de la Mafia y los ambiguos mundos de Las Vegas y Hollywood. Un año después de cometer el acto más salvaje de su vida, Domenico Clericuzio, capo de la última gran familia de la Mafia, toma una determinación: la generación de sus nietos vivirá ajena al mundo del crimen. Desde su espectacular mansión en Long Island, el Don controla negocios de Las Vegas y de Hollywood que le permitirían legitimar su fortuna. Pero cuando esté cerca de conseguir su objetivo, ciertos secretos familiares del pasado amenzarán con socavar su plan y con desatar una guerra. Y es que el último Don no puede ignorar que lo único que los Clericuzio saben hacer bien es matar. ENGLIS DESCRIPTION In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all. "The Last Don" is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family''s past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins...

En una de sus novelas más ambiciosas, el autor de El Padrino consigue plasmar con extraordinaria viveza las costumbres de la Mafia y los ambiguos mundos de Las Vegas y Hollywood. Un año después de cometer el acto más salvaje de su vida, Domenico Clericuzio, capo de la última gran familia de la Mafia, toma una determinación: la generación de sus nietos vivirá ajena al mundo del crimen. Desde su espectacular mansión en Long Island, el Don controla negocios de Las Vegas y de Hollywood que le permitirían legitimar su fortuna. Pero cuando esté cerca de conseguir su objetivo, ciertos secretos familiares del pasado amenzarán con socavar su plan y con desatar una guerra. Y es que el último Don no puede ignorar que lo único que los Clericuzio saben hacer bien es matar.

Una novela sobre el mundo del crimen por el autor de El Padrino. Tras una juventud a la deriva en la que se dedica a actividades ilegales y es perseguido por la justicia, Merlyn se convierte en un novelista de éxito extraordinario. Sus obras le brindan fama y fortuna, y le abren las puertas del mundo literario de Nueva York y de Hollywood, donde alterna con magnates, actores, agentes y hermosas mujeres, al tiempo que se aficiona al juego, que practica con asiduidad en Las Vegas. Allí conoce a Cully Cross, un jugador profesional en bancarrota que se convierte en mano derecha de uno de los dueños del hotel Xanadú. Ese mundo aparta a Merlyn de la mujer de su juventud, de su familia y de su querido hermano, quienes poco a poco van siendo desplazados por sus nuevos conocidos. Reseña: « Los tontos mueren refleja la mente humana y sus hondas contradicciones: vida y muerte, ambición y poder, comedia y tragedia.» El Mundo

Francis Xavier Kennedy er den fjerde Kennedy, der når til tops i USA‘s politiske system – og han er fast besluttet på at blive der. Men han er oppe imod stærke kræfter. En hemmelig gruppe finansmænd vil for enhver pris afskære ham fra endnu en periode i Det hvide Hus, og i Mellemøsten er hans datter gidsel i en flykapring, der ledes af den psykopatiske Yabril. Præsidentens modtræk er justitsminister Christian Klee, en mand der ikke tøver med at bevæge sig på den forkerte side af loven ... Mario Puzo (1920-1999) var en amerikansk romanforfatter, hvis bøger ofte skildrer Amerikas kriminelle underverden og bagsiden af den amerikanske drøm. Blandt hans værker er den udødelige klassiker "The Godfather" fra 1961 (da. 1971), som blev filmatiseret under samme navn med Francis Ford Coppola som instruktør og Mario Puzo selv som manuskriptforfatter. "Det er spændende, og skruen strammes kapitel for kapitel, så man til sidst fristes til at bladre om til slutningen med det samme." – Henrik List, Berlingske Tidende "En politisk thriller, en snerrende tidsdebatroman, en dødspændende aktuel historie. Lynende fortalt med elektriske udladninger i sætningerne. Puzo kan sit melodramatiske håndværk." – Harald Mogensen, Politiken "Det er en ordentlig mundfuld om magtens korruption og samme magts skånselsløse arrogance. Mario ‘Godfather‘ Puzo svigter denne gang sine mafiadrenge og kaster sig over den rå magt, som politikere og embedsmænd betjener sig af ... Puzo skriver indtrængende og der venter læseren mange overraskelser undervejs ... Man bliver ikke snydt." – Holger Ruppert, B.T.

The Godfather merupakan sebuah novel kriminal karya penulis Amerika bernama Mario Puzo. Novel ini awal diterbitkan pada tahun 1969 oleh G. P. Putnam''s Sons, novel ini menceritakan secara rinci kisah keluarga Mafia yang bertempat di New York City dan Long Beach, New York, dikepalai sosok Vito Corleone. Dedikasi Puzo untuk karyanya The Godfather seperti "For Anthony Cleri". Novel ini mencakup tahun 1945 hingga 1955 dan menceritakan latar belakang Vito Corleone dari anak usia dini hingga dewasa. Novel The Godfather berisi kisah tentang perjalanan keluarga Corleone yang penuh intrik kehidupan mafia di kota New York. Dalam uraiannya, Mario Puzo secara detail mengisahkan tentang sepak terjang para Mafia Italia di Amerika Serikat. Don Vito Corleone, pemimpin keluarga, menekankan kerjasama saling menguntungkan dengan orang lain berdasarkan kepercayaan dan persahabatan. Sang Don memiliki tiga orang putra: Sonny yang keras kepala, Freddy yang dianggap inkompeten, dan Michael yang sama sekali tidak tertarik pada bisnis keluarga meskipun menjadi putra yang paling diharapkan oleh ayahnya. Suatu hari, Virgil Sollozzo berusaha menawarkan kerjasama dalam bisnis narkoba. Penolakan sang Don menjadi akar dari peperangan keluarga Corleone melawan empat keluarga mafia besar di New York. Saat Vito Corleone sedang terluka, dua putranya, Sonny dan Michael, harus menguji kemampuan mereka dalam menjalankan bisnis keluarga, di mana mereka harus menahan keinginan untuk balas dendam. Michael terpaksa harus menanggung beban paling berat dalam perjalanan tersebut, hingga akhirnya dapat mengembalikan kejayaan keluarganya. Sinopsis Buku Sang Godfather adalah pemimpin Mafia bernama Don Vito Corleone, pria murah hati yang tak kenal ampun dalam meraih dan mempertahankan kekuasaan. Sang Godfather adalah pria yang “logis” dan adil. Ia memimpin kerajaan bawah tanah raksasa yang menguasai berbagai kegiatan bisnis ilegal, perjudian, taruhan pacuan kuda, dan serikat buruh. Tiran, pemeras, pembunuh—ia memberikan persahabatan tanpa ada yang berani menolak, serta menentukan mana yang benar dan salah.

UN SUCCESSO SENZA PRECEDENTI CHE CONTINUA A RAPPRESENTARE IL QUADRO PIÙ AUTENTICO E CLASSICO DELLA MAFIA ITALO-AMERICANA. Il libro che ha ispirato il capolavoro di Francis Ford Coppola. Protagonista del «Padrino» è Don Vito Corleone, capo delle cinque famiglie che esercitano il loro potere nel mondo della mafia newyorchese. Il Padrino è uomo d''onore con un preciso codice morale, generoso con gli amici quanto implacabile con i nemici. Dalla casa di Long Island, circondato da una famiglia patriarcale, comanda il vasto impero sotterraneo della malavita americana: gioco, corse di cavalli, prostituzione, neppure il mondo di Hollywood sfugge alla sua influenza. Don Vito è un uomo ragionevole, ma per chi rifiuta di ragionare a modo suo, la punizione è rapida e crudele, di una crudeltà raffinata che se non toglie all''avversario la vita lo priva della volontà di reagire. «Il Padrino» è un romanzo ricco di tensione e di colpi di scena, ma anche un documento, tuttora incredibilmente autentico, di una società violenta che non esita di fronte al ricatto, all''omicidio e alla tortura per imporre le proprie leggi. I legami della «famiglia», i rituali del «rispetto», gli intrecci tra potere politico e malavita, gli spietati regolamenti di conti, la vita quotidiana dei boss e dei loro sicari, il ruolo dei consiglieri, la capillare organizzazione degli affari illeciti, gli amori, i matrimoni, i funerali, i tradimenti e le vendette: Mario Puzo ha messo vita e verità in ogni più piccolo particolare realizzando un affresco narrativo di grande impatto, un romanzo che è da tempo divenuto un classico.

In this entertaining and insightful essay, Mario Puzo chronicles his rise from struggling writer to overnight success after the publication of The Godfather. With equal parts cynicism and humor, Puzo recounts the book deal and his experiences in Hollywood while writing the screenplay for the movie. Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Evans, Peter Bart, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino all make appearances-as does Frank Sinatra, in his famous and disastrous encounter with Puzo. First published in 1972, the essay is now available as an ebook for the first time. A must-have for every Godfather fan! Featuring a foreword by Ed Falco, author of The Family Corleone.

Nova York, 1933. Enquanto os Estados Unidos afundam na Grande Depressão, as associações criminosas prosperam com a venda de álcool e outros negócios escusos. Porém, percebendo a proximidade do fim da Lei Seca, uma guerra entre as famílias ligadas à máfia é inevitável, iniciada pela poderosa família de Guiseppe Mariposa, o que irá determinar qual organização ascenderá e qual será eliminada. Nesse cenário, Vito Corleone busca o melhor para sua família, distanciando-a de suas atividades, mas seu filho mais velho Sonny não está inclinado a se afastar e seu filho adotivo Tom Hagen parece estar cada vez mais envolvido. Então resta ao justo e implacável Don garantir que o legado dos Corleones seja mantido.

Italien, zur Zeit der Renaissance. Schutzlos ist das Land den Kriegen ausgeliefert, die die Stadtstaaten gegeneinander führen. Auch in Rom herrschen gesetzlose Zustände: Kardinal Rodrigo Borgia beginnt ein grausames Intrigenspiel. Mario Puzo verwebt Fakten und Fiktion zu einem grandiosen Familienepos - ein überrwältigender Beweis seiner meisterhaften Erzählkunst. Die Borgias gelten in vielerlei Hinsicht als die erste wirklich kriminelle Familie Italiens. Und so war zum Aufzeichnen ihrer Geschichte niemand prädestinierter als Mario Puzo, Schöpfer und Autor der legendären Mafiasaga "Der Pate"! Puzo hegte den lebenslangen Traum, einen Roman über diese mächtige Familie der Borgias zu schreiben - der Familie, die in Italien zur Zeit der Renaissance eine so herausragende und bestimmende Rolle gespielt hat. Aus ihrer Mitte kamen Päpste und Politiker, sie hatte Einfluß auf die Geschicke des Landes im 15. Jahrhundert und stand als Sinnbild für eine üppige und verruchte Lebensführung einer skandalumwitterten und schillernden Dynastie.

Francis Xavier Kennedy, Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, steht als fiktiver vierter Kennedy ganz in der demokratischen Tradition seiner berühmten Namensvettern. Von privaten Schicksalsschlägen zermürbt, ist er amtsmüde geworden und erwägt, für die nächste Legislaturperiode nicht mehr zu kandidieren. Doch dann entführt ein internationales Terrorkommando eine amerikanische Linienmaschine in das kleine Öl-Sultanat Sherhaben. An Bord befindet sich Kennedys Tochter Theresa ...

A PRESIDENTIAL DYNASTY. AN ARAB TERRORIST ATTACK. DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE. Mario Puzo envisioned it all in his eerily prescient 1991 novel, The Fourth K. President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears– good looks, privilege, wealth–and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. When his daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory of his uncles’ assassinations, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of violent measures. As the explosive events unfold, the world and those closest to him look on with both awe and horror.

"We are a family. And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished—but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned." The crowning achievement of a truly phenomenal career, Mario Puzo''s final novel is a remarkable epic of greed, treachery, sin, and power beyond mortal imagination. It is a journey to a different time and place—when the Church held the ultimate authority and ambition was cloaked in robes of the richest velvet. But most of all, it is the spellbinding story of a father and his children, bonded by blood, devotion, and dark purpose, who would descend into hell to rise to challenge the heavens; a family whose name is forever emblazoned in the annals of infamy . . . Borgia!

An explosive, non-stop thriller following one man’s trail of violence across post-war Europe from the bestselling author of The Godfather. Michael Rogan was an intelligence officer behind enemy lines in World War II. But he made the mistake of falling in love, which gave him something to lose—or to be taken from him. Captured by the Nazis, Michael was treated as an experiment. A piece of meat. A subject upon which his captors committed atrocity upon atrocity. But not before they did the same to his wife—and unborn son. He''s lived with the horror of that experience for ten years. Now, Michael Rogan has returned to Europe to find the men who tortured him. And he''s going to make sure that they never have to live with the horror as he did...They will die with it. First published under a pseudonym in 1967, Six Graves to Munich was Mario Puzo’s literary predecessor to his legendary novel, The Godfather. In this unsung classic, Puzo’s trademark unflinchingly stark writing style, vivid descriptive skill, and relentless pace are exemplified in the genre of the spy novel. In his hands, the classic tale of revenge becomes a haunting study of humanity at its most visceral, offering a glimpse into a damaged soul whose only remaining purpose for living is to kill.

El Siciliano narra la historia de un personaje real (el bandolero Salvatore Giuliano) desde la perspectiva de un personaje de ficción: Michael Corleone, hijo de Don Vito, quien lo conoce durante su exilio en Palermo. Giuliano fue una leyenda viva; tras enfrentarse en su juventud a los carabinieri, se refugió en las montañas y empezó a luchar por los menesterosos sicilianos que se encontraban bajo el yugo de la Mafia y la corrupción del Gobierno de Roma.

The story of the legendary Salvatore Giuliano, a charismatic bandit and self-proclaimed leader of Western Siciliy who galvanized the nation after World War II. Giuliano became a target of the state, the church and the Mafia as a result of his unorthodox methods of redistributing wealth to the poor.

In the final installment of the saga of the Corleone crime family, New Orleans under-boss Carlo Tramonti is deported to Colombia and turns dangerously vengeful, triggering a series of events that change the course of American history.

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA Mario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream. With a Note from Anthony Puzo and an Afterword by Robert J. Thompson

Aux yeux de ses voisins, Don Corleone est un patriarche, un respectable père de famille qui a su donner à ses enfants une éducation où les rigoureux principes de la morale sicilienne s''adaptent aux nécessités de la vie américaine. Mais sa vraie famille est plus vaste ; c''est une des " familles " de la Mafia dont il est un des chefs les plus aimés, mais aussi les plus respectés, car il est raisonnable et juste. Pour eux, il est le Parrain. Le Parrain, c''est l''évocation d''un monde souterrain qui sape les fondations de l''Amérique, d''une pègre redoutable que la société voudrait ignorer, mais que de retentissants scandales ne cessent de révéler au grand jour. De New York à Las Vegas, des somptueuses villas de Hollywood au maquis de Sicile, voici le portrait d''une nation gangrenée par ses syndicats du crime, sa guerre des gangs et ses puissances occultes.

After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo''s classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work—a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . . The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption—and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone''s fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. Praise for The Sicilian “Puzo is a master storyteller.”—USA Today “The Balzac of the mafia.”—Time “An accomplished and imaginative writer.”—Los Angeles Times

A masterful saga of the last great American Mafia family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas, from the author of The Godfather The Last Don is Domenico Clericuzio, a wise and ruthless old man who is determined to see his heirs established in legitimate society but whose vision is threatened when secrets from the family''s past spark a vicious war between two blood cousins. The Last Don is a mesmerizing tale that takes us inside the equally corrupt worlds of the mob, the movie industry, and the casinos where beautiful actresses and ruthless hitmen are ruled by lust and violence, where sleazy producers and greedy studio heads are drunk on power, where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, and where one man controls them all. Praise for The Last Don “Puzo is in top form. . . . Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values.”—Time “The most entertaining read since The Godfather.”—The New York Times Book Review “Skillfully crafted . . . It gives us Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the mob in one sweet dish.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Puzo returns after a quarter century to the terrain of his greatest success, The Godfather, to tell a second masterful tale of Mafia life.”—Variety “A compelling tale peopled by memorable characters . . . Puzo is a master storyteller with an uncanny facility for details that force the reader to keep the pages turning.”—USA Today

Beginning in 1955, when Puzo''s novel ends, Mark Winegardner fills the gaps in e saga of the Corleone family.

Mario Puzo won international acclaim for The Godfather and his other Mafia novels. But before creating those masterpieces, Puzo wrote his first acclaimed novel The Dark Arena–an astounding story of a war-scarred young American in a battle against corruption and betrayal. . . . After coming home at the end of World War II, Walter Mosca finds himself too restless for his civilian role in America. So he returns to Germany to find the woman he had once loved–and to start some kind of life in a vanquished country. But ahead of Walter stretches a dark landscape of defeat and intrigue, as he succumbs to the corrupting influences of a malevolent time. Now he enters a different kind of war, one in which he must make a fateful decision–between love and ambition, passion and greed, life and death. . . .

Omertá, the third of the Mafia Trilogy begun with The Godfather and The Last Don . "Omertá", from the Italian word for "code of silence" The story follows the career of a young Mafia prince raised by an honorable man, Don Raymonde Aprile, as a much-beloved nephew. Don Aprile''s own children have no awareness of their father''s business, but Astorre, our prince, not only knows its nature, he is trained to take over. The world of this novel is a violent one, but according to the code of Omerta, the violence and killing are secondary to lapses of honor. A man of honor lives by strict rules and protocols, where treachery may be the worst of all sins.