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The Godfather

The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film

Author: Mario Puzo   Series: Arrow Books

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The classic mafia tale - reissued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of first publication

Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business.Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water.

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The classic mafia tale - reissued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of first publication

Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business.Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water.

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The classic mafia tale - reissued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of first publicationThe classic novel that inspired 'the greatest crime film of all time'Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather.But no man can stay on top forever, not when he has enemies on both sides of the law. As the ageing Vito Corleone nears the end of a long life of crime, his sons must step up to manage the family business. Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business.Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water. If the Corleone family is to survive, it needs a ruthless new don. But the price of success in a violent life may be too high to bear...A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. Still shocking long after its initial publication, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.

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Critic Reviews

“Puzo's genius was to create a world so thick with personality and acknowledged rules of behaviour, along with its crime and violence, that reading his books becomes a seriously guilty pleasure”

The narrative bowls along... to keep readers turning pages all the way to an explosive showdown. Daily Mail
Here is all the classic material of Mafia mythology... spins a spell all its own The Times
The Godfather, one of the most entertaining and absorbing popular novels of the postwar period... Puzo's masterpiece -- Robert McCrum Observer
A splendid and distinguished blood saga of the Cosa Nostra, the American Mafia, and of the whirl created by five families of mafiosi at war in New York Sunday Times
New York Post

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About the Author

Mario Puzo was born in New York. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Godfather and many other acclaimed novels. Puzo also wrote many screenplays, including those for the three Godfather movies, for which he won two academy awards. He died at his home in Long Island, New York, at the age of seventy-eight.

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Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer THE GODFATHER His influence reaches every level of American society THE GODFATHER Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man THE GODFATHER Deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra 'The splendid and distinguished blood saga of the American Mafia' Sunday Times 'A sensational success' Sunday Express 'Big, turbulent, highly entertaining ... moves at breakneck speed' Newsweek

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone | Arrow Books Ltd
Published
2nd July 2009
Pages
608
ISBN
9780099528128

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