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El retrato fascinante de una familia cuya ambición y sed de poder les llevaría a la cima del mundo, y la crónica del alto precio que pagaron por ello. Puzo nos conmueve con unos personajes crueles y cautivadores, víctimas de sus feroces instintos. 

Ésta es la historia de la última gran familia de la Mafia, los Clericuzio. Un año después de cometer el acto más salvaje de su vida, Don Clericuzio, el último don, decide que la nueva generación, la de sus nietos, recién bautizados, viva libre de la carga criminal de la Mafia. Desde su espectacular jardín de Long Island, el Don controla el negocio de Las Vegas y de Hollywood con los que puede legitimar su fortuna. Sin embargo, existen dos problemas que el Don no puede ignorar. Primero, sólo hay una cosa que la familia Clericuzio sepa hacer bien: matar. Y segundo, que el mundo ya no es tan sencillo: hay honor entre ladrones y maldad entre hombres supuestamente honorables.

Protagonista del "Padrino" e Don Vito Corleone, capo delle cinque famiglie che esercitano il loro potere nel mondo della mafia newyorchese.Il Padrino e uomo d'onore con un preciso codice morale, generoso con gli amici quanto implacabile con i nemici. Dalla casa di Long Island, circondato da una famiglia patriarcale, comanda il vasto impero sotterraneo della malavita americana: gioco, corse di cavalli, prostituzione, neppure il mondo di Hollywood sfugge alla sua influenza. Don Vito e un uomo ragionevole, ma per chi rifiuta di ragionare a modo suo, la punizione e rapida e crudele, di una crudelta raffinata che se non toglie all'avversario la vita lo priva della volonta di reagire.Il Padrino e un romanzo ricco di tensione e di colpi di scena, ma anche un documento, tuttora incredibilmente autentico, di una societa violenta che non esita di fronte al ricatto, all'omicidio e alla tortura per imporre le proprie leggi. I legami della "famiglia", i rituali del "rispetto", gli intrecci tra potere politico e malavita, gli spietati regolamenti di conti, la vita quotidiana dei boss e dei loro sicari, il ruolo dei consigliori, la capillare organizzazione degli affari illeciti, gli amori, i matrimoni, i funerali, i tradimenti e le vendette: Mario Puzo ha messo vita e verita in ogni piu piccolo particolare realizzando un affresco narrativo di grande impatto, un romanzo che e da tempo divenuto un classico.

Tras toda una vida consagrada al mundo del crimen, Don RaymondeAprile decide ceder el testigo al joven Astorre, sumano derecha, y mantener a su familia al margen de la Mafia.Sin embargo, el agente Cilke, del FBI, ve con recelo su jubilacion.

El siciliano es una biograf#a novelada de Giuliano y una incisiva descripci#n de la vida, las tradiciones y las complejas relaciones de poder en Sicilia. Corre el a#o 1950. El exilio de Michael Corleone en Palermo est# a punto de acabar, y su padre, Don Vito, le ha encomendado una misi#n: debe volver a Am#rica con un hombre que se ha convertido en un mito popular, un forajido acosado por el Gobierno, las clases altas y la Mafia. Su nombre es Salvatore Giuliano, un moderno Robin Hood que, tras enfrentarse en su juventud a una patrulla de carabineri, se vio forzado a refugiarse en las monta#as. Desde all# lucha por su patria y su gente, oprimida por la Cosa Nostra y la corrupci#n del Gobierno de Roma. Ahora, en esta neblinosa tierra de monta#as y ruinas antiguas, el destino de Michael Corleone se ver# hermanado con la leyenda de Salvatore Giuliano.

More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, it resonated with millions of readers across the world and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness."

THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo's great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story-the years not covered in Puzo's bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola's classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To do so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael. Their personal cold war will run from 1955 to 1962, exerting immense influence on the lives of America's most powerful criminals and their loved ones, including Tom Hagen, the Corleone Family's lawyer and consigliere, who embarks on a political career in Nevada while trying to protect his brother; Francesca Corleone, daughter of Michael's late brother Sonny, who is suddenly learning her family's true history and faces a difficult choice; Don Louie Russo, head of the Chicago mob, who plays dumb but has wily ambitions for muscling in on the Corleones' territory; Peter Clemenza, the stalwart Corleone underboss, who knows more Family secrets than almost anyone; Ambassador M. Corbett Shea, a former Prohibition-era bootlegger and business ally of the Corleones', who wants to get his sonelected to the presidency-and needs some help from his old friends; Johnny Fontane, the world's greatest saloon singer, who ascends to new heights as a recording artist, cozying up to Washington's power elite and maintaining a precarious relationship with notorious underworld figures; Kay Adams Corleone, who finally discovers the truth about her husband, Michael-and must decide what it means for their marriage and their children and Fredo Corleone, whose death has never been fully explained until now, and whose betrayal of the Family was part of a larger and more sinister chain of events. Sweeping from New York and Washington to Las

**With an exclusive introduction by Francis Ford Coppola** 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. A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrait of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Mario Puzo's compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic, and remains just as shocking fifty years after it was first published. This special anniversary edition is a must-have for admirers of the novel and essential reading for fans of the timeless film adaptations.

What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller The Godfather; with the creation of the Corleones he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us all with his ultimate vision of the subject, in a masterpiece that crowns his remarkable career: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history - the Borgias. In The Family, this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. At the story's centre is Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, a man whose lustful appetites for power, luxury and women were matched only by his consuming love of family. Surrounding him are his extraordinary children: the simple, unloved Jofre; the irascible, heartless Juan; the beautiful, strong-willed Lucrezia; and the passionate warrior Cesare, Machiavellli's friend and inspiration. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behaviour, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.

A la Roma del segle XV una família s'ha fet amb les regnes del poder: els Borja. Al capdavant d'aquesta família hi ha Roderic Borja, el papa Alexandre VI, un home amb una ambició desenfrenada que utilitza el seu poder per enfortir el Vatica i per beneficiar la seva familia, la seva gran passio, i especialment alguns dels seus fills: la bella i resoluda Lucrecia, utilitzada pel seu pare com a instrument de la politica vaticana, l'apassionat i guerrer Cesar, protagonista actiu en la politica diplomatica i militar d'Alexandre VI, l'arrogant Joan, la nineta dels seus ulls...De la mateixa manera que a la celebre The Godfather (El padri) Mario Puzo va revelar els secrets d'una poderosa familia, els Corleone, a Els Borja l'autor nordamerica d'origen italia narra els excessos i les intrigues d'aquesta familia excepcional que va menar la politica vaticana durant una decada. El lector descobrira en les pagines d'aquesta obra una simfonia d'emocions i comportaments humans, que inclouen l'orgull, l'ambicio, la luxuria, l'amor, la gelosia, la traicio i l'instint assassi.Despres de dedicar mes d'una decada a la seva realitzacio, Els Borja, completada per la companya de Mario Puzo, la tambe novel·lista Carol Gino, constitueix el brillant colofo d'una de les trajectories literaries mes reeixides del nostre temps.

Amb El Padrí, per primera vegada la mafia apareixia novel·lada. El cèlebre Mario Puzo la presenta no com una simple associació de financers, sinó com una societat complexa que disposa d'una cultura pròpia i una jerarquia establerta molt fortes. Quan tan sols tenia dotze anys, Vito Corleone va arribar com a immigrant a Nova York des de la seva Sicília natal per convertir-se en el pilar d'aquesta societat, en el Don més respectat de Nova York. Don Corleone és implacable amb els seus rivals, i és també un home intel·ligent, astut i fidel als principis de l'honor i l'amistat. La vida i els negocis de Don Corleone, i també del seu fill i hereu Michael, conformen l'eix d'aquesta obra. El Padrí és una novel·la que ha fet escola i la seva publicació va sacsejar el món literari del moment; amb El Padrí, la mafia s'ha convertit en el tema central d'una gran quantitat de novel·les i pel·lícule.