“A rich and ebullient novel . . . All of Mr. Puzo's formidable storytelling talents are on display throughout A big, fast-paced tale.”
——The New York Times Book Review
“A staggering triumph. Mario Puzo has achieved the definitive novel about a sinister fraternity of crime.”
——Saturday Review
“Masterful... Mesmerizing... Age withers some writers.Others it ripens toward an Olympian wisdom, sO it is withPuzo.”
——Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Domenico Clericuzio is the last don, 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 family's 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 with power, where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, and where one man controls them all...
