The Godfather - Mario Puzo

Complete and unabridged Hard cover, foxing around the edges, otherwise remarkably good condition

The Godfather is the Mafia leader Vito Corleone, a benevolent despot who stops at nothing to gain and hold power. He is a friendly and 'reasonable' man, and the deadliest gang leader in the Cosa Nostra. Nobody dare refuse the Godfather's friendship and none of those he calls godsons' would risk rejection or death by disobeying his commands.

The setting of Mario Puzo's extraordinary and vivid novel is Long Island where the Godfather presides over his underground empire; Hollywood where sections of the movie world are grasped by an all-embracing tentacle of the Mafia; and Sicily where it all began and which is still used as a refuge for those in need of protection both from rival gangs and the law of the United States.

This is a spellbinding story of a feudal society within society which does not hesitate to bribe, threaten and exploit power- hunger, cupidity, and lust, to consolidate and increase its evil power. The Godfather is a compulsively readable novel by a master storyteller.