The Godfathers Revenge, Mark Winegardner
The Godfathers Revenge, Mark Winegardner
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The Godfather's Revenge

Author: Mark Winegardner

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Abridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 11/07/2006


Synopsis

The third, and final, installment in Mario Puzo's epic chronicle of the Corleone crime family—one of the most enduring lineages in American literature and cinema—achieves a stunning crescendo with a story that imagines the role of the Mafia in the assassination of a young, charismatic president.

It's impossible to overstate the influence of Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which has become an essential part of our cultural lexicon. Puzo's novel about the secret world of organized crime became a megabestseller and an instant classic. The book inspired the Francis Ford Coppola films—unprecedented successes in their own right—and launched a national obsession with the Mafia that continues unabated today.

In The Godfather's Revenge—again authorized by the Puzo Estate—Mark Winegardner moves the Corleone family onto the biggest stage of all: the intersection of organized crime and national politics. A subordinate to Michael Corleone, New Orleans underboss Carlo Tramonti is publicly humiliated when the U.S. Attorney General—President Danny Shea's brother—has him arrested and deported to Colombia. Tramonti eventually returns, hell-bent on settling scores, and triggers a series of events destined to change the course of American history. Corleone, though haunted by the death of his brother Fredo, knows that this is no time for weakness—and so, with fearless consigliere Tom Hagen leading the way, a new path for the future is forged.

As the dramatic twists of The Godfather's Revenge take the reader from Las Vegas to Miami to New Orleans, from the power alleys of Washington, D.C., to the remote jungles of Colombia, the puppet master behind the curtain remains Michael Corleone, the tortured prodigal son who is determined to redefine his family's legacy and make his father—the original Godfather—proud.

About The Author

Mark Winegardner is a celebrated novelist who was handpicked by Mario Puzo’s estate to write The Godfather Returns, an instant New York Times bestseller. Winegardner’s previous books, including the novels Crooked River Burning and The Veracruz Blues, have been chosen as among the best of the year by the New York Times Book Review, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Public Library, and USA Today. He is a professor (and former director) at the creative writing program at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.Joe Mantegna is a versatile, seasoned actor on both stage and screen; he first garnered national prominence for his work with writer-director David Mamet, earning a Tony award for Glengarry Glen Ross in 1983. He currently stars in the hit TV show Criminal Minds. Mr. Mantegna has become synonomous with Robert B. Parker's Spenser; he narrates the entire Spenser series for BOT. Mantegna is also the voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Asghar on October 11, 2016

What I am really appreciative of, what I truly like here is , how a minor character from the first Godfather movie was taken ( one of the guys who beat up a creep who hurt the baker's daughter, the one who was telling his woes to the Don at the very start of the movie) and turned that character into......more

Goodreads review by Josh on December 15, 2014

The title of this book is somewhat misleading. Sure Michael Corleone has a revenge of sorts but mainly, THE GODFATHER'S REVENGE focuses on the political side of mafia life and traitor to the Corleone regime in Nick Geraci. Reading the back of the book is more spoiler than synopsis - the events detail......more

Goodreads review by Ramon on July 31, 2020

A bit of a difficult one to rate, to be honest. For most of this last Godfather novel by Winegardner the quality is just as high as The Godfather Returns, which I enjoyed way more than I expected. The last act deviates a little by letting some major characters make choices that are more dumb than we......more

Goodreads review by szmeagol on July 14, 2021

Whole book is just a prologue to the last chapter of 10 Pages. Too long, too many events of marginal importance.......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on November 11, 2011

The only thing that fully prepares us for the climax of The Godfather’s Revenge is the title. I hope that isn’t a spoiler for you because I’m trying to write this without giving away the entire store anymore than Mark Winegardner did in the title itself. Indeed, one can sum up this novel (definitely......more