{"product_id":"2026200012158-secondhand-the-godfather","title":"The Godfather","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew novels have so indelibly shaped the popular imagination of organised crime as Mario Puzo's The Godfather — a sweeping, operatic saga set in the shadowy underworld of post-war America, where loyalty is currency and power is the only currency that matters. At its heart is Vito Corleone, the ageing patriarch of New York's most formidable Mafia dynasty, and his youngest son Michael, a war hero who swears he will never follow his family into darkness — until fate and blood make the choice for him. The central conflict ignites when a rival gangster's proposition threatens the Corleone empire, setting in motion a chain of betrayal, vengeance, and ruthless succession that will consume everything in its path.\n\nPuzo writes with a commanding authority that renders the criminal world not as a spectacle of villainy, but as a deeply human institution governed by codes of honour, family, and survival — a dark mirror held up to the American Dream itself. First published in 1969, The Godfather became one of the best-selling novels of the twentieth century, later immortalised by Francis Ford Coppola's iconic film adaptations, yet the novel retains a richness and moral complexity that no screen can fully contain. Puzo's prose is propulsive and cinematic, drawing readers inexorably into a world where the line between justice and brutality is drawn only by those with the will to enforce it — and where every act of mercy carries a price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130920018139,"sku":"2026200012158-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/478536c2-94dc-47b4-83c1-822729977b26.png?v=1786592062","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012158-secondhand-the-godfather","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}