by Mario Puzo · Chivers Large Print · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702862131
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«Omerta» is the suspense novel by Mario Puzo, published in 2000 by Chivers Large Print, in hardback (424 pages, in French).
The plot centres on the Aprile family and organised crime. After the death of the old don, his adopted nephew Astorre Viola, raised in Sicily to bide his time, comes into play while FBI agents, corrupt police and a South American crime boss move their pieces. Loyalty, betrayal and revenge intersect under the law of silence.
The work was originally published in English in 2000; this French edition of 424 pages contains the complete translation.
Suitable for readers of crime and suspense fiction, especially those who prefer large-print editions.
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film and its 1980 sequel. His final novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001.
