Most Popular Books by Mario Puzo

A special deluxe hardcover edition of The Godfather—the unforgettable saga of an American crime family that became a #1 bestseller and global phenomenon. This deluxe edition of The Godfather includes: • A jacket featuring a new take on the iconic original cover • Printed cover boards with art that will titillate hardcore fans • Stained edges • Beautifully illustrated endpapers Since its release in 1969, The Godfather has made an indelible mark on American crime fiction. From the mind of master storyteller Mario Puzo, it traces the Corleone family, whose brilliant and brutal portrayal illuminated the violent and seductive allure of power in American society. A tale of family and loyalty, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it has stood the test of time as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. Beyond the bestselling novel, Francis Ford Coppola’s incomparable film adaptation and Academy Award winner for Best Picture cemented The Godfather''s reputation as a triumph in storytelling and a seminal classic for the ages. With a legacy of blood and honor, it is a cultural touchstone that has resonated for generations, and still mesmerizes readers to this day.

“Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo’s best.” —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys “One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction.” —Booklist Mario Puzo’s final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written. In The Family, Puzo—whom the Washington Post calls, “A serious American talent”—plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling intrigues and deadly affairs of the remarkable family whose name has always been synonymous with power, corruption, poison, and murder: the infamous Borgias.

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 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.

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

“A splendid piece of crime fiction . . . a fitting cap to a tremendous career . . . Through it all, Puzo keeps the heat on and keeps the reader enthralled with his characters and his story.”—The Denver Post To Don Raymonde Aprile’s children, he was a loyal family member, their father’s adopted “nephew.” To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him . . . and how, while the don’s children claimed respectable careers in America, Astorre Viola waited for his time to come. That time has arrived. The don is dead, his murder one bloody act in a drama of ambition and deceit—from the deadly compromises made by an FBI agent to the greed of two crooked NYPD detectives and the frightening plans of a South American Mob kingpin. In a collision of enemies and lovers, betrayers and loyal soldiers, Astorre Viola will claim his destiny. Because after all these years, this moment is in his blood. . . . “In Omerta (the Sicilian code for silence), Puzo sements his reputation as a page-turning storyteller.”—Detroit Free Press “More tasty twists than a plate of fusilli . . . Cunning entanglements with an FBI gangbuster, crooked cops and strong women sauce up this deft and passionate last novel by the Balzac of the Mafia.”—Time

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.

FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GODFATHER - "A classic... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language, its penetrating insights, and its mixture of tenderness and rage." - New York Times Book Review Described by the author as his "best and most literary book." Puzo''s classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell''s Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best. The book''s hero, Lucia Santa, is an incredibly captivating character and based on Puzo''s very own mother - he describes, "her wisdom, her ruthlessness, and her unconquerable love for her family and for life itself, qualities not valued in women at the time."

“A page-flipping tale of power, brutality and glamour (Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Godfather. Played out in the underground worlds of high-stakes gambling, publishing, and the film industry, this epic thriller follows two brothers, Merlyn and Arite, as they delve into the dangerous underbelly of American life. From Las Vegas to New York to Hollywood, there is one thing that remains constant: organized crime and the law are simply two sides of the same coin...

Topical memoirs by the author of "The Godfather" on his Italian background, gambling, crime, the making of "The Godfather" film, etc.

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.

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. . . .

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.

De Godfather draait om Don Vito Corleone, de man die sinds de boeken van Mario Puzo en de beroemde Godfather films symbool staat voor de Italiaanse maffia. In De Godfather probeert Don Vito wanhopig de georganiseerde misdaad onder zijn gezag te krijgen- Zijn gezin raakt echter gevaarlijk verwikkeld in de situatie De Godfather is een kristalheldere tragedie van de Siciliaanse maffia. Een geniale klassieker waarvan wereldwijd al ruim 16 miljoen zijn verkocht

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.

De aangenomen zoon van een vermoorde maffia-baas gaat op zoek naar de moordenaar en krijgt daarbij hulp van een FBI-agent.

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.

Het hoofd van een gangsterbende in Amerika leeft volgens een eigen moraal en helpt zijn aanhangers in allerlei moeilijkheden in ruil voor hun trouw aan zijn politiek.