The Family, Mario Puzo
The Family, Mario Puzo
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The Family

Author: Mario Puzo

Narrator: Philip Bosco

Abridged: 14 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/17/2004


Synopsis

“Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo’s best.”
—Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys“One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction.”
—BooklistMario Puzo’s final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York Times bestselling novelist who gave the world The Godfather, arguably the greatest Mafia crime novel ever written.  In The Family, Puzo—whom the Washington Post calls, “A serious American talent”—plunges reader into the colorful tumult of the Italian Renaissance, immersing them in the roiling intrigues and deadly affairs of the remarkable family whose name has always been synonymous with power, corruption, poison, and murder: the infamous Borgias.

About Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo was the author of the international bestseller The Godfather and cowrote the screenplays for the Academy Award-winning trio of films based on the book. Puzo's other books include The Last Don and Omerta, both New York Times bestsellers.

About Philip Bosco

Besides The Valachi Papers, (hailed by Rudolph Giuliani as ""the most important book ever written about the Mafia in America"") Peter Maas is the prize-winning author of ten other books of fiction and nonfiction, including Serpico, Manhunt, In a Child's Name, China White, and Killer Spy. Philip Bosco won the Best Actor Tony Award for his role in Lend Me a Tenor. He has received several other Tony nominations and has appeared in numerous feature films.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Overhaul on April 24, 2024

La historia siempre recuerda nombres, y el de esta familia pasó a convertirse en leyenda. Tal era su ambición y pasiones como fuertes eran sus lazos como familia. Magníficamente escrito, personajes fieles a la historia o lo que se cree conocer y saber. Desde luego humanos en lo mejor y lo peor de lo......more

Goodreads review by Raymond on March 09, 2025

The Family is not one of Mario Puzo more well known novels. However, wow, I really enjoyed reading it. Even though the main themes of this book is not mafia related, it is still very fascinating & entertaining to read. The main characters are members of the historically famous Borgia family. Pope Al......more

Goodreads review by Alice on May 09, 2019

A few years ago I read Sarah Dunant’s Blood & Beauty, which I found to be an engaging read with atmospheric settings. So, going into The Family, I was already familiar with the Borgia family and other historical characters and the Italian Renaissance background. This novel was the author’s last piece......more

Goodreads review by Mizuki on April 13, 2023

But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church." (page. 34) By the way, when I read this book, I kept missing the Cantarella manga series by You Higuri, which takes a fantasy approach when dealing with the Borgia Family and its many......more

Goodreads review by Justo on May 15, 2020

Buen libro. Relato fascinante del apogeo de la familia Borja o Borgia en Italia en pleno Renacimiento. El patriarca Alejandro VI, corrupto, vividor, mujeriego (o es leyenda negra al tratarse de un papa no italiano??) Y sus hijos legalmente conocidos y reconocidos por todos: Juan, el ambicioso César,......more