The Family Corleone (Book)

New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end.
For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family's future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father's true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father's footsteps and become a part of the real family business.

An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather, as well as introduce it to a whole new generation.

About the author

Mario Puzo wurde 1920 als Sohn italienischer Einwanderer in New York City geboren. Seine erste Kurzgeschichte erschien 1950 und 1955 veröffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman "Die dunkle Arena". Mit "Mamma Lucia" gelang ihm 1965 der große Durchbruch. Ein internationaler Bestseller wurde "Der Pate", der 1969 erschien und von Francis Ford Coppola in zwei Teilen verfilmt wurde. "Der letzte Pate" erschien 1996 und wurde für das Fernsehen in einer mehrteiligen Serie verfilmt. Mario Puzo verstarb im Juli 1999 auf Long Island.

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