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"We are a family," Alexander told his children. "And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. For if we honor that commitment, we will never be vanquished -- but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned."

Alexander moved over to his favourite chair in the corner of the large chamber. 'Sit, my children, sit with me,' he gently ordered them...'We are a family,' he told his children. 'And the loyalty of the family must come before everything and everyone else. We must learn from each other, protect each other, and be bound first and foremost to each other. For if we honour that commitment, we will never be vanquished - but if we falter in that loyalty, we will all be condemned...' What is a family? Mario Puzo first answered that question, unforgettably, in his landmark bestseller "The Godfather"; with the creation of the Corleones, he forever redefined the concept of blood loyalty. Now, thirty years later, Puzo enriches us all with his ultimate vision of the subject, in a masterpiece that crowns his remarkable career: the story of the greatest crime family in Italian history - the Borgias. In "The Family", this singular novelist transports his readers back to fifteenth-century Rome and reveals the extravagance and intrigue of the Vatican as surely as he once revealed the secrets of the Mafia. Their intermingled stories constitute a symphony of human emotion and behaviour, from pride to romance to jealousy to betrayal and murderous rage. And their time, place, and characters are recaptured in all their earthy, human grandeur, with the unerring insight and compassion that were Mario Puzo's great gifts.

More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness.

Reissued to coincide with the September Random House release of The Last Don, here is the sweeping saga of a family and of its leader, a friendly and reasonable man who just happens to be the deadliest gang leader in the Cosa Nostra.

The first trade paperback edition of "The Godfather" features a new Introduction and a new Afterword. "Big, turbulent, highly entertaining."--"Newsweek."

Sequel to "The Godfather", this describes the ending of Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily, his search for Salvatore Giuliano and his troubles, as he confronts brutal and unfamiliar treacheries in the deceitful society within which he moves.

“为了正义，我们必须去求唐·柯里昂。”向唐·柯里昂求助的人，希望从不会落空。他说一不二，不许空头支票，他是黑手党的教父，他主宰着纽约的地下世界，他是弱者的守护神。你只需要拿出真诚的友谊，就能够得到他的庇护。唐的家族拒绝染指毒品生意，遭到其他黑手党报复。唐·柯里昂受到重创，但是苦难使他和儿子们的关系更加亲密，让家族变得更加强大。小儿子迈克尔·柯里昂在危机时刻谨记父亲的教诲。他选择了家族、荣誉和责任，他为兄弟复仇、为家族清理门户，成为家族的继承者，成为新的教父。面对无法摆脱的宿命，你需要《教父》的指引。这是以眼还眼，以牙还牙的绝对公平。

英文影印版.90年代英语系列丛书.

这是一部被指责为描写人物行为残暴、叙述事件低级下流的小说。因而，在许多国家至今被列为禁书。
但是，一个最基本的事实被忽视了：即本书是描写资本主义社会中黑社会现象的最具权威的巨著！

After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . .

The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Giuliano back with him to America. But Giuliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Giuliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Giuliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.

The Godfather—the epic tale of crime and betrayal that became a global phenomenon.
Almost fifty years ago, a classic was born. A searing portrayal of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and their powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor. The seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and the allegiance to family—these are the themes that have resonated with millions of readers around the world and made The Godfather the definitive novel of the violent subculture that, steeped in intrigue and controversy, remains indelibly etched in our collective consciousness.
~penguin.com

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Mario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.

With a Note from Anthony Puzo and an Afterword by Robert J. Thompson

"PUZO IS IN TOP FORM."
*Time
The 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 Review
The 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 Review
The 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 Today

More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones, and the powerful legacy of tradition, blood, and honor that was passed on from father to son. With its themes of the seduction of power, the pitfalls of greed, and family allegiance, it resonated with millions of readers across the world?and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness.

Ostatnia, pośmiertnie wydana powieść wybitnego amerykańskiego pisarza. Barwny fresk historyczny osadzony w realiach Włoch przełomu XV i XVI wieku. Autor stawia tu tezę, iż rodzina Borgiów, władająca wówczas Rzymem, to pierwsza włoska mafia. Centralną postacią opowieści jest kardynał Rodrigo Borgia, w 1492 wybrany papieżem Aleksandrem VI. Człowiek opętany żądzą bogactwa i władzy, bez skrupułów eliminujący rywali i wrogów, choć nie pozbawiony pewnej szlachetności - ale jest to szlachetność Vita Corleone.

Generally acknowledged as a bona fide classic, this Francis Ford Coppola film is one of those rare experiences that feels perfectly right from beginning to end--almost as if everyone involved had been born to participate in it. Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel about a Mafia dynasty, Coppola's Godfather extracted and enhanced the most universal themes of immigrant experience in America: the plotting-out of hopes and dreams for one's successors, the raising of children to carry on the good work, etc. In the midst of generational strife during the Vietnam years, the film somehow struck a chord with a nation fascinated by the metamorphosis of a rebellious son (Al Pacino) into the keeper of his father's dream. Marlon Brando played against Puzo's own conception of patriarch Vito Corleone, and time has certainly proven the actor correct. The rest of the cast, particularly James Caan, John Cazale, and Robert Duvall as the rest of Vito's male brood--all coping with how to take the mantle of responsibility from their father--is seamless and wonderful. --Tom Keogh.

《教父三部曲典藏版(2014全新完整译本)》内容简介：

《教父(全新完整译本)》内容简介：

“为了正义，我们必须去求唐·柯里昂。”向唐·柯里昂求助的人，希望从不会落空。他说一不二，不许空头支票，他是黑手党的教父，他主宰着纽约的地下世界，他是弱者的守护神。你只需要拿出真诚的友谊，就能够得到他的庇护。唐的家族拒绝染指毒品生意，遭到其他黑手党报复。唐·柯里昂受到重创，但是苦难使他和儿子们的关系更加亲密，让家族变得更加强大。小儿子迈克尔·柯里昂在危机时刻谨记父亲的教诲。他选择了家族、荣誉和责任，他为兄弟复仇、为家族清理门户，成为家族的继承者，成为新的教父。面对无法摆脱的宿命，你需要《教父》的指引。这是以眼还眼，以牙还牙的绝对公平。



《教父2:西西里人(全新修订译本)》内容简介：

1950年，迈克尔·柯里昂即将结束在西西里的流亡。教父命令他把一个叫萨尔瓦多·吉里安诺的土匪带到美国。但是吉里安诺背负着沉重的血债深仇。吉里安诺是西西里的罗宾汉，他反抗腐败的政府、藐视黑手党的事业。在迷雾笼罩的群山峻岭和古老的遗迹之中，迈克尔·柯里昂的命运与最危险战士、情人和西西里人——吉里安诺息息相关。