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The Last Don Mass market paperbound - 1997
by Mario Puzo
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- Paperback
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Details
- Title The Last Don
- Author Mario Puzo
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good+
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date January 29, 1997
- Bookseller's Inventory # ABS794
- ISBN 9780345412218 / 0345412214
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 6.83 x 4.11 x 1.05 in (17.35 x 10.44 x 2.67 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Criminals
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96097049
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
"PUZO IS IN TOP FORM." TimeThe Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafia novel since The Godfather a masterful saga of the last great American crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas."THE MOST ENTERTAINING READ SINCE THE GODFATHER." The New York Times Book ReviewThe Last Don is Domenico Clericuzio, a wise and ruthless old man who is determined to see his heirs established in legitimate society but whose vision is threatened when secrets from the family's past spark a vicious war between two blood cousins."SKILLFULLY CRAFTED . . . IT GIVES US HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS, AND THE MOB IN ONE SWEET DISH." Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThe Last Don is a mesmerizing tale that takes us inside the equally corrupt worlds of the mob, the movie industry, and the casinos where beautiful actresses and ruthless hitmen are ruled by lust and violence, where sleazy producers and greedy studio heads are drunk on power, where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, and where one man controls them all. . . ."Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values." Time"Puzo returns after a quarter century to the terrain of his greatest success, The Godfather, to tell a second masterful tale of Mafia life." Variety"A compelling tale peopled by memorable characters. . . . Puzo is a master storyteller with an uncanny facility for details that force the reader to keep the pages turning." USA TodayFrom the Paperback edition.
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The last don is Domenico Clericuzio, a ferocious old man determined to secure his family's future in an era of legalized gambling, motion picture investments, and the threat of government informers. The Don is close to achieving his vision when secrets buried in his family's past threaten to undermine his plan and spark a war between two blood cousins.