- Biographical fiction, Fiction, Drama, Historical fiction
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 further 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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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- Author
- Mario Puzo
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 425
- Publisher
- Planeta Columbiana, Regan Books, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- French, Spanish, Polish, Russian
- ISBN
- 9789584202253
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“The golden rays of the summer sun warmed the cobblestone streets of Rome as Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia walked briskly from the Vatican to the three-story stucco house on the Piazza de Merlo where he'd come to claim three of his young children: his sons Cesare and Juan and his daughter Lucrezia, flesh of his flesh, blood of his blood.”
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