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A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal 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. Still shocking 40 years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder, and family values is a true classic.

“A splendid piece of crime fiction . . . a fitting cap to a tremendous career . . . Through it all, Puzo keeps the heat on and keeps the reader enthralled with his characters and his story.”—The Denver Post To Don Raymonde Aprile’s children, he was a loyal family member, their father’s...

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.

When an important Mafia boss is assassinated, no one knows anything. Omerta, the Mafia code of silence, is at work. No information is to be found, not from corrupt banks, rival gangs, or even from the courts. However, the nephew of the dead man and the head of the FBI are determined to track down the murderers. So determined, they join forces to begin their own investigation. After all, in the Mafia world, everyone has a price.

The sequel to Puzo's epic and brutal Mafia classic The Godfather. Once again Puzo brings the history of the Corleone family to life. 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.

Lucia Santa has traveled 3,000 miles of dark ocean, from the mountain farms of Italy to the streets of New York, hoping for a better life. Instead, she finds herself in Hell's Kitchen, in a bad marriage, raising six children on her own. As Lucia struggles to hold her family together, her daughter confronts the adult world of work and romance while her eldest son is drawn into the Mafia. Meanwhile, her youngest son aspires to American pursuits she cannot understand.

De wet van de maffia is eenvoudig: je bent loyaal, of je bent dood. In het naoorlogse New York is de Corleone-familie een kracht om rekening mee te houden. Maar zelfs de machtigste families kunnen niet ontsnappen aan verraders. Wanneer de gevreesde Don Vito Corleone wordt neergeschoten, belandt zijn familie op een kruispunt. Zijn zoon Michael wordt gedwongen om zijn plaats in het familiewezen in te nemen. Wat begint als een wraakactie, groeit uit tot een allesomvattende oorlog voor macht, controle en overleving.

El Padrino narra la historia de un hombre, Vito Corleone, el capo más respetado de Nueva York. Déspota benevolente, implacable con sus rivales, inteligente y fiel a los principios del honor y la amistad. Don Corleone dirige un emporio que abarca el fraude y la extorsión, los juegos de azar y el control delos sindicatos.

New York, 1933. Die Aufhebung der Prohibition steht bevor und zwischen den Gangsterbossen der Stadt entflammt ein brutaler Verteilungskampf. Vito Corleone ist bereits stark, doch noch längst nicht der mächtige, alles beherrschende Pate. Mit allen Mitteln verteidigt er sich gegen die brutalen Angriffe seiner Konkurrenten. Während er versucht, seine Familie zu schützen, kommt sein ungestümer ältester Sohn hinter die wahren Machenschaften seines Vaters und drängt darauf, ins Familiengeschäft einzusteigen.

Il faut se plonger dans ce roman, fourmillant de personnages, d'intrigues et d'épisodes, comme dans un feuilleton énorme, il faut se laisser emporter par les inoubliables figures du clan Corleone, confrontées à l'irrésistible ascension d'un nouveau chef de famille. Aux yeux de ses voisins, Don Corleone est un patriarche, un respectable père de famille qui a su donner à ses enfants une éducation où les rigoureux principes de la morale sicilienne s'adaptent aux nécessités de la vie américaine.

Si l'on veut comprendre comment est née et s'est développée la Mafia aux États-Unis, avec la corruption des flics et des hommes politiques, l'infiltration du show-business et la spirale meurtrière des familles en guerre, il faut lire Le Parrain, ce classique qui a profondément marqué la littérature criminelle. Il faut se plonger dans ce roman, fourmillant de personnages, d'intrigues et d'épisodes, comme dans un feuilleton énorme, il faut se laisser emporter par les inoubliables figures du clan Corleone, confrontées à l'irrésistible ascension d'un nouveau chef de famille.

Corre el año 1950. El exilio de Michael Corleone en Palermo está a punto de acabar, y su padre, Don Vito, le ha encomendado una misión: debe volver a América 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 montañas.

പരിചയപ്പെടാം, ഒരേസമയം ഏകാധിപതിയും നിഷ്ഠുരനും കൊലയാളിയും കുടുംബസ്‌നേഹിയും പരോപകാരിയുമായ ഡോണ്‍...

Godfather er historien om Don Vito Corleone, overhoved i en af New Yorks farligste mafiafamilier. Vito Andolini ankommer til Amerika fra byen Corleone i Italien og forsørger sin familie på den eneste mulige måde: Fra sit fort på Long Island leder han et imperium af pengeafpresning, hasardspil og bookmaking. Han bestikker politi, bureaukrater og politikere, og han gør det uden nogen sinde at røre en pistol, en kniv eller udstede en trussel. Hans sønner skiftevis beundrer og efterligner ham, afviser og modsætter sig ham.

Suskunluk Yasası yani Omerta Mario Puzo’nun Baba romanıyla kapısını araladığı Sicilya kökenli mafya dünyasının kendine has ahlak anlayışının temeli, organizasyonun kalbine ulaşmayı engelleyen çok katmanlı ve sıkı yapının gerektiğinde kanla yoğurulan harcıdır. Onu gerçek bir Sicilya mafyözü olarak yetiştiren Don Aprile’nin öldürülmesi sonrasında Puzo’nun sıra dışı karakteri Astorre Viola farklı amaçlarla ailesinin bankalarını ele geçirmek isteyen FBI'a, New York mafyasına ve Kolombiya uyuşturucu karteline karşı bir strateji savaşı başlatıyor.

Mafyanın egemen olduğu yeraltı dünyasını Baba romanıyla efsaneleştiren Mario Puzo, okuyucuyu bu kez pırıltılı hayatlarla ünlü Las Vegas ve Hollywood’a götürüyor. Bakara ve yirmibir masaları, kumarhaneyi dolandıran krupiyeler, havalandırmadan gelen saf oksijenle ayakta kalan ihtiraslı kumarbazlar, ‘ökse’ kadınlar, ‘yaşlı kurt’ kumarhane müdürleri; film yapımcıları, Hollywood yıldızları, Beverly Hills hayatı... ve romanın ana karakteri ‘dejenere’ bir kumarbaz olan ‘Sihirbaz’ Merlyn. Puzo’nun güçlü kaleminden nefis bir roman.

Un año después de cometer el acto más salvaje de su vida, Domenico Clericuzio, capo de la última gran familia de la Mafia, toma una determinación: la generación de sus nietos vivirá ajena al mundo del crimen. Desde su espectacular mansión en Long Island, el Don controla negocios de Las Vegas y de Hollywood que le permitirían legitimar su fortuna.

美国纽约五大黑势力集团之一的维托・考利昂一家采用多种极端手段，实现了在整个美国黑暗势力团体中的独尊地位……美國紐約五大黑勢力集團之一的維托・考利昂一家採用多種極端手段，實現了在整個美國黑暗勢力團體中的獨尊地位……

Alexander, “Biz bir aileyiz,” dedi çocuklarına. “Bir ailenin sadakati her şeyden ve herkesten önce gelmelidir. Birbirimizden haberdar olmalıyız, birbirimizi korumalıyız ve en önemlisi de birbirimize bağlı olmalıyız. Çünkü eğer bu sorumluluğu şerefimizle yerine getirirsek, asla mağlup olmayız. Ama eğer bu sadakatte bir tereddüdümüz olursa, hep beraber mahvoluruz.”

Ein Jahrhundertfilm. Eine Legende. DAS Buch über die Mafia -- Don Vito Corleone, Oberhaupt der mächtigsten New Yorker Mafiafamilie, herrscht über das Netzwerk des New Yorker Untergrunds -- dann wird er, weil er es ablehnt, ins Rauschgiftgeschäft einzusteigen, bei einem Attentat schwer verletzt und ein blutiger Bandenkrieg bricht aus, in dem sich Don Vitos Sohn Sonny beweisen muss. Doch der eigentliche Held der Geschichte ist Michael Corleone -- im Film gespielt von Al Pacino.