Mario Puzo Libros

El exilio de dos anos en Sicilia de Michael Corleone, hijo de Don Vito, esta a punto de acabar, pero su padre le ha encomendado una mision: no debe volver a Estados Unidos si no es con Salvatore Giuliano. Giuliano es una autentica leyenda, un mito popular. En 1943, el joven Giuliano y su primo Gaspare Pisciotta se rebelaron contra una patrulla de carabinieri que los encontro traficando con alimentos. A raiz de aquello se refugiaron en las montanas y empezaron a luchar por los menesterosos sicilianos que se encontraban bajo el yugo de la Mafia y la corrupcion del Gobierno de Roma. Formaron una banda de forajidos y pronto se convirtieron en leyenda. En torno a 1948, la creciente popularidad de Giuliano empieza a preocupar al Capo di Capi, Don Croce Malo. ""Benevolente"", le hace creer que va a indultarlo y le tiende una trampa. Salvatore planea entonces una vendetta contra Don Croce, y asesinan a seis jefes de la Mafia local. Esa decision marca el comienzo del fin de la banda de Giuliano. Los crimenes de la banda de Giuliano resultaron un verdadero problema para el Gobierno de Roma. Salvatore aseguraba tener un documento que desvelaba los contactos del primer ministro con la Mafia local, de forma que el Gobierno creo las Fuerzas Especiales para la Represion del Bandidaje bajo las ordenes del Coronel Luca, que contaba con cinco mil hombres especializados. En 1950, Michael Corleone envia el documento incriminatorio a Estados Unidos, de forma que si Giuiliano es asesinado, pueda desenmascarar al ministro. Pero las traiciones estan tomando forma dentro de la banda, y Pisciotta, en el afan de garantizarse el futuro, acaba traicionando a su primo, que resulta muerto. Michael no podra hacer efectiva su amenaza de publicar el documento, ya que Don Vito ha pactado con Don Croce para que dejen salir a su hijo de la isla. Pisciotta murio envenenado en la prision donde cumplia condena, y en su bolsillo aparecio una nota que decia ""Asi mueren todos los que traicionan a Giuliano"

The last don is Domenico Clericuzio, a wise and ruthless 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. This 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 hit men are ruled by lust and violence, where sleazy producers and greedy studio heads are drunk with power, where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, and where one man controls them all.

The Barnes & Noble Review After a visit to the Vatican in 1983, Mario Puzo, bestselling author of The Godfather and Omerta , "was so enchanted by the look, the feel and food of Italy, so taken by its history," Carol Gino explains, "that he wanted to write a novel about it." Nearly 20 years in the making, The Family is that novel. Set in Rome in the last years of the 15th century, Puzo's final book (completed by Gino, his companion for many years) is an absorbing, highly entertaining, fictional account of the rise and rule -- and eventual fall -- of that notorious first family of dysfunction during the Renaissance, the Borgias. Fast-paced and well researched, The Family -- in its effort to make such scandalous characters as the Borgias more human -- may well be the most ambitious novel of Puzo's career. Cardinal Roderigo Borgia is charismatic and handsome, a born leader and a perfidious man of the cloth who ascends to the papacy as Pope Alexander VI in 1492, when Italian city-states are competing for land and the Vatican is competing for souls. He is also the loving father of four children, two of whom become pawns in their father's implacable drive for power. Cesare, Roderigo's oldest son, grows from an insecure cardinal to a fierce military leader; and Lucrezia, Roderigo's beautiful, seductive daughter -- and her father's favorite (not to mention her brother's incestuous bedmate) -- becomes the marriage link that unites nations and divides hearts. Throughout Roderigo's wheeling and dealing, the Renaissance is in full swing as religion competes against humanism and the Church seeks autonomous control of what will one day become a united Italy. As in E. L. Doctrow's Ragtime and Glen David Gold's Carter Beats the Devil, historical figures pepper the narrative. Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci (whose military inventions help Cesare kick some serious tail), and Ferdinand and Isabella all make guest appearances, though at times they seem more like window dressing than actual characters. While this blood-is-thicker-than-water tale is more summative than explorative (you don't really get into the heads of the Borgias as well as you do the Corleones), Puzo still knows how to tell a good story. The Family is an energetic novel, filled with enthusiasm and affection for the subject matter and the characters. Puzo's swan song may not be his finest work, but it is a robust, passionate love letter to a land, a history, and a culture that defined him as a writer and a man. (Stephen Bloom)

(Edición 50 Aniversario) La publicación de El Padrino en 1969 convulsionó el mundo literario. Por primera vez, la Mafia protagonizaba una novela y era retratada desde dentro. Mario Puzo la presentaba no como una mera asociación de facinerosos, sino como una compleja sociedad con una cultura propia y una jerarquía aceptada incluso más allá de los círculos de la delincuencia. El Padrino narra la historia de un hombre, Vito Corleone, el capo más respetado de Nueva York. Déspota benevolente, implacable con sus rivales, inteligente y fiel a los principios del honor y la amistad. Don Corleone dirige un emporio que abarca el fraude y la extorsión, los juegos de azar y el control de los sindicatos. La vida y negocios de Don Corleone, así como los de su hijo y heredero Michael, conforman el eje de esta magistral obra.

El libro recorre parte de la vida de Lucía Santa en América, donde llega procedente de Italia después de casarse por poderes con un hombre al que no conoce. Se trata de una descripción de la vida de los inmigrantes italianos en Nueva York, donde buscan fortuna y salir de la pobreza que los atenaza y guía en sus decisiones diarias. La novela se centra en el personaje de una típica madre italiana de principios del siglo pasado, inspirada en la propia madre de Mario Puzo. En esta edición, La Mamma está acompañada de la novela más famosa de Puzo: "El Padrino".

This trade paperback edition of a classic novel includes a fresh Introduction and Afterword, enhancing its appeal for both new readers and longtime fans. Praised for its engaging narrative, the story delves into themes of power, family, and crime, offering a captivating exploration of its characters and their turbulent lives. The added content provides additional insights, making it a compelling read for those interested in a rich, immersive experience.

New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organisations will rise . . . and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. His youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation. His adopted son, Tom Hagen, is a college student; but he worries most about Sonny, his oldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny - seventeen years old, impatient, and reckless - wants something else: to follow in his father's footsteps, and become a part of the real family business. An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of loyalty and betrayal, THE FAMILY CORLEONE carries on the legacy of The Godfather for a new generation.