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Title: The Last Don by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0-345-41221-4 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.54 (97 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Puzo knows his writing
Comment: Every time I read a book by Mario Puzo, I become more and more impressed with this mans writing style. His books always have a great combination of real world brutality, goodness, sex, and all the other mixes of human experience.
His sentences are simplistic and without airs, as are the ideas of the story, and it is this simplicity that gives Puzo's books an elegance that many modern writers lack. Mario is writing about something that is interesting and tells the reader what they need to know when they need to know it. He knows his subject material and creates a world that is interesting as well as believable.
Fools die was excellent, and then I read GodFather,and I was very impressed with that book also. I wasn't sure about this book, but I picked it up, and saw that even though it was about the same subject material (I thought it would just be a recounting of the godather), the storyline is fresh, with new characters that become well developmed by the end of the book.
Puzo also creates fantastic characters in this book, there is a mold to run by, the old sicilian mafia mold, but the characters in this book are removed by a generation or 2 from this mentality, and it is very interesting to see how Puzo shows their lives as caught in the middle of the mafia life of their parents and grandparents, and the americanized life they lead apart from Quoge LI and the "family".
This book was great, and a great read. Any book written by Puzo is worth reading because of his fantastic writing style, this book is no exception.
Rating: 4
Summary: Movies, murders, and mobs, oh my!
Comment: Mario Puzo, the author of the Godfather, reproduces the organized crime formula is this great read. Though the plot is not exceptional, Puzo's writing is very fluid and exciting.
The major strength of this book is its readability. The book moves along in a nice pace, with lots of action and dialogue. The characters are also unique and intriguing. Included are the mysteriousness of the mob and their family values, and the ruthlessness of Hollywood, which makes this book a fun weekend read.
The one weakness is that the plot is lacking. The main conflict between the two cousins only comes to light near the end of the book. Though the side plots are interesting, the combination of it all makes it a weak overall story at best.
All in all, I would recommend this book as one of those books to read on a lazy day right next to the pool or on the beach.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Mafia Book by Puzo
Comment: This is the first Mario Puzo book I've read - and I know I'll read more of his! I thought it a great read every step of the way. Although long, every page/chapter moves nicely and it doesn't slow down. This book reminded me of a Sidney Shelton book (or maybe Jackie Collins' Lucky series.) Mario does a great job of detailing the hierarchy in the mafia and the powerplays that go on. Also, this is an epic in the sense it covers many years and many locations (NY, Las Vegas, LA). He intermingles the gambling establishment with Hollywood and the mafia - which makes for an interesting combination of corruption. A fascinating book!
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Title: The Sicilian by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0345441702 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Godfather by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0451167716 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Omerta by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0345432401 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Family by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0061032425 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Fools Die by Mario Puzo ISBN: 0451160193 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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