Name: Omerta
Price: 14.77 EUR
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Author: Mario Puzo
ISBN: 9780099533252

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Synopsis "Omerta "

Omertà, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omertà 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...

Mario Puzo

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Mario Francis Puzo (Manhattan, New York, October 15, 1920-West Bay Shore, July 2, 1999) was an American writer and screenwriter of Italian descent, known as the mafia novelist, especially for his masterpiece, The Godfather (1969). He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first movie in 1972 and for the second part in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman movie and its 1980 sequel. His last novel, The Borgias, was published posthumously in 2001.

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