The Last Don: A Novel

ISBN: 0345412214

Author: Puzo, Mario

Condition: New

A masterful saga of the last great American Mafia family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas, from the author of The GodfatherThe 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 DonPuzo is in top form. . . . Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values.-TimeThe most entertaining read since The Godfather.-The New York Times Book ReviewSkillfully crafted . . . It gives us Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the mob in one sweet dish.-Los Angeles Times Book ReviewPuzo returns after a quarter century to the terrain of his greatest success, The Godfather, to tell a second masterful tale of Mafia life.-VarietyA 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

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