In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins ...

In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family's past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins ...

In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all. The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family’s past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins...

In a corrupt world where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, one man has power over them all. The Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest - a masterful saga of the last great American crime family, the Clericuzios, and their powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas. Domenico Clericuzio is a wise and ruthless man who in his old age is determined to create a life free from criminal activities for his grandchildren. But as he strives to establish his heirs in legitimate society, secrets from his family’s past spark a vicious and bloody war between cousins...

A masterful saga of the last great American Mafia family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas, from the author of The Godfather 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 familys past spark a vicious war between two blood cousins. 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. Praise for The Last Don "Puzo is in top form. . . . Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values."--Time "The most entertaining read since The Godfather."--The New York Times Book Review "Skillfully crafted . . . It gives us Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the mob in one sweet dish."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "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 .

A masterful saga of the last great American Mafia family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas, from the author of The Godfather 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 familys past spark a vicious war between two blood cousins. 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. Praise for The Last Don "Puzo is in top form. . . . Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values."--Time "The most entertaining read since The Godfather."--The New York Times Book Review "Skillfully crafted . . . It gives us Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the mob in one sweet dish."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "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 .

Книга для чтения на английском языке."Крестный отец" - классический роман о жизни одного из могущественных преступных синдикатов Америки - мафиозном клане дона Корлеоне. Написанная с потрясающей достоверностью, книга позволяет читателю без риска для жизни заглянуть в святая святых мафии.

Omerta, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omerta carried the Mafia through a hundred years of change, but now at the century's end it is becoming a relic from a bygone age. Honour may be silent - but money talks. New York - a mob boss is assassinated. His nephew Astorre Viola and the head of the city's FBI both launch investigations into the murder. But this time silence spreads like a contagion: the silence of rival gangs, the silence of crooked bankers, even the silence of the courts. The world of the Mafia is riven with greed, and Viola knows that now is the time to claim his destiny...

A modern masterpiece, "The Godfather" is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.

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.

From the international bestseller of The Godfather a story of big-time gamblers in a feverish world where law and organised crime are one and the same... From New York to Las Vegas, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honour in the ferment of contemporary America - a world of greed, lust, violence and betrayal, where the power of corruption and the corruption of power are nowhere better explored.

Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily is ending, but on the instructions of his father, The Godfather, he must bring back to him the young man known as Salvatore Giuliano - if he can find him. At sea amid the treacheries of a brutal and unfamiliar land, Michael must find a way through the labyrinthine deceits that surround him, while Giuliano prepares himself for a final confrontation with Don Croce, Capo di Capi of the Sicilian Mafia. A novel of explosive suspense, heroic action - and evil on an epic scale. In the hands of Mario Puzo's brilliantly sinister talent, the reader comes to know again the terrible magic of the Mafia.

Детство и юность Марио Пьюзо прошли в самом неблагополучном районе Нью-Йорка, на легендарной Адской Кухне, которая с ХIХ века ковала кадры интернационального преступного мира Америки. Исследованию этого феномена он посвятил свое литературное творчество. Всемирное признание пришло к Пьюзо после выхода эпической гангстерской саги "Крестный отец" (1969) - истории семьи сицилийского эмигранта Вито Корлеоне, в которой как в зеркале отразилась новейшая история Америки. Новаторство писателя заключалось в том, что его книга впервые поставила знак равенства между понятиями "Америка", "семья" и "мафия". Роман 69 недель держался в списке национальных бестселлеров, был переведен на многие языки и успешно экранизирован Ф. Ф. Копполой (6 "Оскаров", включая "лучший фильм года"). Книга рекордов Гиннеса отметила "Крестного отца" как самое читаемое произведение американской литературы.

Издание полностью на английском языке. A modern masterpiece, THE GODFATHER is the epic story of organized crime in the 1940s. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking more than a quarter-century after it was first published and now abridged on tape for the first time, under special arrangement with Mario Puzo, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.

Книга представляет собой сокращенный вариант романа "Крестный отец" американского писателя Марио Пьюзо. В центре романа судьба Дона Корлеоне - крестного отца мафии и его сыновей. Захватывающий сюжет, в котором есть кровавые убийства, интриги, любовь и предательства, держит читателя в напряжении до последней страницы. Для облегчения понимания текста, изобилующего разговорной лексикой, дается лингвострановедческий и лексико-грамматический комментарий. Издание предназначено для совершенствования языковых знаний в процессе чтения оригинального текста и адресовано широкому кругу читателей, изучающих английский язык. Обработка текста, комментарий Н. И. Кролик.

Роман повествует о семье Корлеоне. Будущий глава клана, попав в США, убивает местного криминального авторитета, чем завоёвывает уважение жителей района. Дальше - больше. И вот дон Вито уже глава мафиозной Семьи, в его руках сосредоточены огромные деньги и связи. Потеряв любимого сына Санни, дон Корлеоне мечтает покончить с преступным бизнесом, но это стремление далеко от реальности. Кровопролитие не прекращается и после смерти Дона, когда созданная им империя переходит в руки его сына Майкла… В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня B2.