The final volume of Puzo's popular Mafia trilogy. Explores the consequences of a violation of the Sicilian 'code of silence'(omerta) on which Mafia security and power are based.
Don Domenico Clericuzio is determined to retire his Family from the seamier side of Mafia life, and announces his intention to pursue legitimate business interests, but secrets from the past threaten to undermine his plan.
Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer, his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man, deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra.
Mafia leader Vito Corleone uses his power to influence all aspects of his Long Island society and will stop at nothing to see that his twisted vision of justice is carried out.
Reprint of a 1964 novel which tells the story of Lucia Santa, an Italian immigrant who comes to New York in search of a better life for her family, only to find herself trapped in Hell's Kitchen, trying to raise six children, and losing them to romance, the mafia, and the lure of the American dream.
