Prizzi's Honour
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
When Charlie Partanna, the Prizzi crime family's most loyal and lethal enforcer, falls hard for the mysterious and beautiful Irene Walker, he believes he has found the perfect partner — until he discovers she may be the one person who could unravel everything the Prizzis have built. Richard Condon's Prizzi's Honour, published in 1982, is a wickedly dark crime novel set deep within the labyrinthine world of the New York Mafia, where loyalty, love, and cold-blooded murder collide in a story both grimly comic and breathlessly suspenseful. Condon, celebrated for his razor-sharp satirical wit, dissects the codes of honour and betrayal that govern organised crime with the same surgical precision he brought to The Manchurian Candidate. The novel presents the Mafia not merely as a criminal organisation but as a grotesque mirror of corporate America — ruthless, hierarchical, and utterly amoral. Adapted into a celebrated 1985 film directed by John Huston, the story's power endures as a testament to Condon's genius for blending dark humour with genuine menace, leaving the reader to wonder whether honour among killers is a virtue or simply the most dangerous illusion of all.
Author: Richard Condon
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Michael Joseph, London
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
When Charlie Partanna, the Prizzi crime family's most loyal and lethal enforcer, falls hard for the mysterious and beautiful Irene Walker, he believes he has found the perfect partner — until he discovers she may be the one person who could unravel everything the Prizzis have built. Richard Condon's Prizzi's Honour, published in 1982, is a wickedly dark crime novel set deep within the labyrinthine world of the New York Mafia, where loyalty, love, and cold-blooded murder collide in a story both grimly comic and breathlessly suspenseful. Condon, celebrated for his razor-sharp satirical wit, dissects the codes of honour and betrayal that govern organised crime with the same surgical precision he brought to The Manchurian Candidate. The novel presents the Mafia not merely as a criminal organisation but as a grotesque mirror of corporate America — ruthless, hierarchical, and utterly amoral. Adapted into a celebrated 1985 film directed by John Huston, the story's power endures as a testament to Condon's genius for blending dark humour with genuine menace, leaving the reader to wonder whether honour among killers is a virtue or simply the most dangerous illusion of all.