Summary
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 b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345476739 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345476735 |
| Author: | Mario Puzo |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 107mm x 35mm |
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”[A] CLASSIC PAGE-TURNER …THE FOURTH KHAS ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN A THRILLER.” The Washington Post “FAST-PACED, SATISFYING … FINE ENTERTAINMENT.” Los Angeles Times
“[A] CLASSIC PAGE-TURNER … THE FOURTH K HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU LOOK FOR IN A THRILLER.”
–The Washington Post
“FAST-PACED, SATISFYING … FINE ENTERTAINMENT.”
–Los Angeles Times
About The Author
Mario Puzo
MARIO PUZO was born in New York and, following military service in World War II, attended New York’s New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, The Godfather, was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels, The Dark Arena and The Fortunate Pilgrim. In 1978, he published Fools Die, followed by The Sicilian, The Fourth K, The Last Don, Omerta, and The Family. Mario Puzo has also written several screenplays, including Earthquake, Superman, and all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards. He died in July 1999 at his home on Long Island, New York, at the age of seventy-eight.
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