Mario Puzo

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 Go-bierno 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. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Michael Corleone is returning to the U.S. after the two-year exile to Sicily in which reader left him in The Godfather. But he is ordered to bring with him the young Sicilian bandit, Salvatore Guiliano, who is the unofficial ruler of northwestern Sicily. In his fight "to make Sicilians free people," the young folk hero, based on the real-life Giuliano of the 1940's, has made both the police and the Mafia his enemies. So when Don Croce Malo, chief of the Sicilian Mafia, and the policemen who has been tracking Guiliano each offer to help Corleone find the elusive Robin Hood, betrayal seems inevitable. Mario Puzo has created a sequel to The Godfather that is every bit as compelling and dramatic. But The Sicilian is a distinct literary achievement in its historical inspiration and its vivid portrait of Sicilian peasant life.

"Jeg vil give ham et tilbud, han ikke kan sige nej til" Med denne legendariske erkl ring stadf ster mafiabossen Don Corleone sin position som centrum og overhoved for en af den farligste mafiafamilier i New York. Gennem pengeafpresning, bestikkelse og lyssky forretninger har Vito Corleone etableret sit enorme undergrundsimperium, men det er en kamp for ham at opretholde kontrollen med den mafi se underverden, hvor sp ndingerne stiger mellem de gamle Familier. Lige s k mper hans s nner med at f lge i den aldrende faders massive fodspor, og overleve i hans verden, som uundg eligt bliver deres.

A new Kennedy has been elected president. A man who has inherited all the good looks, wealth, and youthful idealism of his famous uncles. He is Francis Xavier Kennedy - and suddenly the old dynastic dream of a better America again seems possible.But the energetic new president is also haunted by the darker side of the Kennedy legacy - a legacy of tragedy that he may be powerless to escape.When his daughter is kidnapped by terrorists, President Kennedy is forced to make desperate decisions. As his violent reprisals take effect, the world holds its breath. A compelling, prescient and engrossing novel from the author of The Godfather.

Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him.

AN ASTOUNDING STORY OF CORRUPTION AND BETRAYAL. Hardened by the brutality and desceration of three long years of war, Walter Mosca returns to America a changed man. Mosca now faces a different kind of war, one in which he must make a fateful decision - between love and ambition, passion and greed, life and death...

From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. She cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which surely follow...

Tells a story of big-time gamblers in a feverish world where law and organised crime are one and the same.

"Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo's best." --Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys"One of his most satisfying works....A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction." --BooklistMario Puzo's final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written. In The Family, Puzo--whom the Washington Post calls, "A serious American talent"--plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling intrigues and deadly affairs of the remarkable family whose name has always been synonymous with power, corruption, poison, and murder: the infamous Borgias.

Michael Corleone er Gudfarens sønn. Han har tilbragt to år i eksil på Sicilia, nå får han lov til å reise tilbake til New York. Men bare i følge med Salvatore Guiliano. Salvatore har helt spesielle grunner til å unngå Gudfaren og hans sønn. Han rømmer opp i fjellene med sin hemmelighet og sine følgesvenner. En ny bandekrig er løs. Og den får gjenklang i de høyeste kretser i Roma og Vatikanet. Krigen Corleone - Guiliano følger mafia-lovens fryktelige lovløshet helt til den aller ytterste detalj. Ingen skånes, ingen vinner.Mario Puzo (1920–1999) tjenestegjorde som menig soldat under andre verdenskrig og studerte deretter ved Colombiauniversitetet. Puzo ble verdensberømt for romanen Gudfaren som kom ut i 1969. Gudfaren har siden solgt i millioner verden over, og Puzo vant to Oscar for manus til Coppolas klassiske Gudfaren-filmer. Han skrev også manus til to av Supermann-filmene. På norsk fins Narrene dør (1978), Sicilianeren (1984), Den fjerde K (1991), Den siste Don (1996) og Omerta (2000).

Høyt spill, oftest med selve livet som innsats - slik lever John Merlyn og menneskene i hans omgivelser. Skueplassene er de glitrende, pulserende miljøene omkring Las Vegas casinoer, Hollywoods filmfabrikker, storindustriens beinharde konkurranseverden. Merlyn karrer seg stadig opp på riktig bredd i det febrile spillet om makt, penger, suksess og kjærlighet. Men narrene dør...

Francis Xavier Kennedy er president i USA, en heftig omstridt mann i verdens mektigste posisjon. Brått splintres hans liv av to fryktelige anslag som inntreffer så og si samtidig: det tyngste er selvsagt at hans elskede datter Theresa tas som gissel i Europa. Det andre er mordet på paven i Roma. Kan de to hendelsene ha sammenheng med hverandre, og hva vil gjerningsmennene oppnå? Francis Kennedy, som var gutt da to av hans onkler ble myrdet, slynges ut i en malstrøm av begivenheter som i siste instans kan kaste både USA og hele verden ut i katastrofen.En handlingsmettet, uhyggelig spennende og realistisk roman.

An explosive, non-stop thriller following one man's trail of violence across post-war Europe from the bestselling author of The Godfather. Michael Rogan was an intelligence officer behind enemy lines in World War II. But he made the mistake of falling in love, which gave him something to lose--or to be taken from him. Captured by the Nazis, Michael was treated as an experiment. A piece of meat. A subject upon which his captors committed atrocity upon atrocity. But not before they did the same to his wife--and unborn son. He's lived with the horror of that experience for ten years. Now, Michael Rogan has returned to Europe to find the men who tortured him. And he's going to make sure that they never have to live with the horror as he did...They will die with it. First published under a pseudonym in 1967, Six Graves to Munich was Mario Puzo's literary predecessor to his legendary novel, The Godfather. In this unsung classic, Puzo's trademark unflinchingly stark writing style, vivid descriptive skill, and relentless pace are exemplified in the genre of the spy novel. In his hands, the classic tale of revenge becomes a haunting study of humanity at its most visceral, offering a glimpse into a damaged soul whose only remaining purpose for living is to kill.

In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give them. Ten years later, when he has recovered from the appalling injuries he suffered, and determined to revenge the death of his wife at the hands of the same men, he begins a quest to track down and kill each one of his tormentors. Dark, violent, and graphic, this is an addictive thriller about how far one man will go to exact his own justice. Written a year before Puzo completed The Godfather, published under a pseudonym and only very recently brought to light, Six Graves to Munich bears all the hallmarks of a master storyteller.

In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins ...

Headed by Rodrigo Borgia, better known as Pope Alexander VI, this tight-knit family is fighting to keep its iron grip on Italy â?? but theirs is a lethal game, and the cost of failure is surely death. Scheming and plotting for their own ends are his children: Giovanni, the much-favoured golden boy;

Sonny Corleone is an old hand, while World War II veteran Michael Corleone is unused to the world of crime and reluctant to plunge into the business. Both the police and ruthless rival crime lords scent blood in the water.