Name: The Last don
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Author: Mario Puzo
ISBN: 9780345412218

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mario Puzo

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

512

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0345412214

ISBN13

9780345412218

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Last don "

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

Mario Puzo

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Mario Francis Puzo (Manhattan, New York, October 15, 1920-West Bay Shore, July 2, 1999) was an American writer and screenwriter of Italian descent, known as the mafia novelist, especially for his masterpiece, The Godfather (1969). He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first movie in 1972 and for the second part in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman movie and its 1980 sequel. His last novel, The Borgias, was published posthumously in 2001.

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