The Godfather
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few novels have so completely redefined an entire genre as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, a masterwork of crime fiction that chronicles the rise and brutal inner workings of the Corleone family, one of New York's most powerful Mafia dynasties. At its center is the aging patriarch Vito Corleone — a man of terrifying authority and surprising tenderness — whose empire of violence, loyalty, and omertà is tested when an assassination attempt forces his reluctant son Michael to step from the shadows of civilian life into the blood-soaked world of organized crime. Puzo constructs his narrative with the sweep of an epic and the precision of a thriller, drawing the reader irresistibly into a world where honor and murder are two sides of the same coin. Published in 1969, The Godfather became one of the most culturally seismic novels of the twentieth century, spending 67 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and selling tens of millions of copies worldwide — a commercial phenomenon that gave birth to Francis Ford Coppola's legendary film trilogy. Puzo's prose is muscular yet intimate, balancing grand operatic tragedy with sharply observed character studies that illuminate the immigrant experience, the corrupting nature of power, and the unbreakable — and ultimately destructive — bonds of family. It remains a landmark of American popular fiction, and once you enter the world of the Corleones, leaving it is never quite as simple as you might imagine.
Author: Mario Puzo
Format: Paperback
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few novels have so completely redefined an entire genre as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, a masterwork of crime fiction that chronicles the rise and brutal inner workings of the Corleone family, one of New York's most powerful Mafia dynasties. At its center is the aging patriarch Vito Corleone — a man of terrifying authority and surprising tenderness — whose empire of violence, loyalty, and omertà is tested when an assassination attempt forces his reluctant son Michael to step from the shadows of civilian life into the blood-soaked world of organized crime. Puzo constructs his narrative with the sweep of an epic and the precision of a thriller, drawing the reader irresistibly into a world where honor and murder are two sides of the same coin. Published in 1969, The Godfather became one of the most culturally seismic novels of the twentieth century, spending 67 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and selling tens of millions of copies worldwide — a commercial phenomenon that gave birth to Francis Ford Coppola's legendary film trilogy. Puzo's prose is muscular yet intimate, balancing grand operatic tragedy with sharply observed character studies that illuminate the immigrant experience, the corrupting nature of power, and the unbreakable — and ultimately destructive — bonds of family. It remains a landmark of American popular fiction, and once you enter the world of the Corleones, leaving it is never quite as simple as you might imagine.