Omerta, Mario Puzo
Omerta, Mario Puzo
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Omerta

Author: Mario Puzo

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Abridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000

Synopsis

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. . . .

About The Author

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on March 15, 2023

Pow! Pow! A massive banking empire built from scratch, three respectable children raised in a legitimate world. After a lifetime consolidating his great power, Don Raymonde Aprile, the last great American Don, decides to finally retire and leave control of his family to Astorre Viola, an adopted s......more

Goodreads review by Tadas on March 12, 2025

An easy book does not require imagination, a cool story is perfect for relaxing in the summer while hiding in the shade of a tree 😎......more

Goodreads review by Iain on February 18, 2024

The last Puzo novel, published just after his death. Perhaps because of this, it feels unfinished, after a great start and set up, the ending feels rushed and a little underwhelming. That said, it has plenty of Puzo's familiar themes and world - mafia, betrayal and double cross, violence and sex - a......more

Goodreads review by Baba on April 20, 2020

A simplified definition of the code of Omertà is: "Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward". Puzo crafts yet another Mafia epic spanning decades around Omertà. Un-put-down-able like the other books of his I have read, he seems to have been one of the key develo......more

Goodreads review by Asghar on July 29, 2017

I am pretty sure Puzo didn't write this one. I am always dubious of posthumous breaths found locked away in writers' drawers after their death. Cool cover though.......more

Quotes

"[A] deft and passionate last novel by the Balzac of the Mafia."
--Time

"A SPLENDID PIECE OF CRIME FICTION . . . A FITTING CAP TO A TREMENDOUS CAREER . . . Through it all, Puzo keeps the heat on and keeps the reader enthralled with his characters and his story."
--The Denver Post

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