The Godfather
The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film
$21.25
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2009
Summary
The classic mafia tale - reissued to celebrate the 40th anniversary of first publication
The 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 agei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099528128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099528126 |
| Author: | Mario Puzo |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 39mm |
| Series: | Arrow Books |
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Critics Review
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 *
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 * New York Post *
As for fiction, there can only be one choice - The Godfather. * The Times *
About The Author
Mario Puzo
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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