Omerta: A Novel

Mario Puzo

Jul 2000 · Penguin Random House Audio · Vorgelesen von Joe Mantegna

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To Don Raymonde Aprile's children he was a loyal family member, their father's adopted "nephew.” To the FBI he was a man who would rather ride his horses than do Mob business. No one knew why Aprile, the last great American Don, had adopted Astorre Viola many years before in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him . . . and how, while the Don's children claimed respectable careers in America, Astorre Viola waited for his time to come.

Now his time has arrived. The Don is dead, his murder one bloody act in a drama of ambition and deceit--from the deadly compromises made by an FBI agent to the greed of two crooked NYPD detectives and the frightening plans of a South American mob kingpin. In a collision of enemies and lovers, betrayers and loyal soldiers, Astorre Viola will claim his destiny. Because after all these years, this moment is in his blood. . . .

Autoren-Profil

Mario Puzo was born in 1920 in New York and, following military service in World War II, attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-known novel, The Godfather (1969) was preceded by two criticially acclaimed novels, The Dark Arena (1955)and The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965). In 1978, he published Fools Die, followed by The Sicilian (1984), The Fourth K (1991), and The Last Don (1996). Mario Puzo also wrote many screenplays, including Earthquake, Superman, and all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards. He died at his home on Long Island, surrounded by his family, in July 1999.