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Omertàis the Sicilian code of silence, the essential element by which the Mafia has maintained its power over the centuries. Puzo is interested in the way in which changing times have forced organised crime to adapt, however painful the process. The code is tested when a mob boss, Don Aprile, is brutally murdered in New York. Both Astorre, Aprile's nephew, and Cilke, the New York FBI chief, launch investigations into the killing. It soon becomes clear to both men that a grim conspiracy has spread its tentacles across rival gangs, corrupt bankers and even the courts. Much blood must be spilled before the killers are found--there are many (on both sides of the law) who will do their best to stop this happening.
Puzo's favourite theme--the interchangeability of big business and organised crime--is handled with his customary panache. However much we may disapprove of the horrifically violent Mafiosi, we remain riveted by their implacable cold-bloodedness. Astorre has all the complexity of Michael Corleone (even if we've been here before) but Cilke is a new departure for the author--a lawman who is quite as powerfully characterised as Puzo's criminal protagonists.
It goes without saying that the grisly set-pieces are handled with the usual élan:
The car sped up and stopped as the Don reached the last step. Stace jumped out of the back seat--in one quick move he rested his gun on the roof. He shot two-handed. He only shot twice. The first bullet hit the Don square in the forehead. The second bullet tore out his throat. His blood spurted all over the sidewalk, showering yellow sunlight with pink drops.--Barry Forshaw
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 425 pages. French language. 9.37x6.06x1.22 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk2709621827
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: NEUF. « Le roman le plus passionnant que Puzo ait écrit depuis Le Sicilien, et où l'on retrouve sa voix mûrie par l'âge et la sagesse. » Publisher's Weekly Avec l'assassinat de Don Raymondo Aprile, s'écroule tout un rêve américain. Blanchiment de sa fortune, régularisation de ses affaires, subtils investissements : le vieux parrain new-yorkais, retiré de Cosa Nostra, avait gagné, pour lui et pour les siens, une place immaculée dans la haute société. Pourtant, à peine les funérailles dites, ses trois enfants assistent stupéfaits au sacre mafieux de leur cousin, le play-boy Astorre Viola. A lui, l'allégeance des Affranchis. A lui l'empire et la vengeance. A lui de sauver la famille du piège mortel qu'ont tendu des ennemis aussi implacables qu'inconnus. Mais les leçons criminelles d'hier valent-elles encore pour aujourd'hui ? Que peuvent les antiques lois de l'honneur et du silence, l'Omerta, contre les flots d'argent et de sang ? Quelle idée avait le Don en préparant son neveu à sa succession ? Et pourquoi ce secret autour de la naissance d'Astorre ? Des Etats-Unis à la Sicile, et retour, Puzo impose comme jamais son art, où l'odeur des orangeraies de Palerme rivalise avec celle des arrière-cours de Brooklyn. Auteur mythique du best-seller mondial, Le Parrain, couronné de nombreux oscars à l'écran, Mario Puzo a également publié Le Dernier Parrain paru aux éditions Lattès. Il est mort fin 1999, juste après avoir achevé Omerta, son livre testament. - Nombre de page(s) : 424 p. - Poids : 0g - Langue : fre - Genre : Policier / Thriller grand format Suspense & Cie. Seller Inventory # N9782709621823