num_pages: 482
description: "PUZO IS IN TOP FORM."*TimeThe Last Don is Mario Puzo at his finest, thrilling us with his greatest Mafia novel since The Godfather *a masterful saga of the last great American crime family and its powerful reach into Hollywood and Las Vegas."THE MOST ENTERTAINING READ SINCE THE GODFATHER."*The New York Times Book ReviewThe Last Don is Domenico Clericuzio, 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."SKILLFULLY CRAFTED . . . IT GIVES US HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS, AND THE MOB IN ONE SWEET DISH."*Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThe 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 on power, where crooked cops and desperate gamblers play dangerous games of betrayal, and where one man controls them all. . . ."Head-long entertainment, bubbling over with corruption, betrayal, assassinations, Richter-scale romance, and, of course, family values."*Time"Puzo returns after a quarter century to the terrain of his greatest success, The Godfather, to tell a second masterful tale of Mafia life."*Variety"A compelling tale peopled by memorable characters. . . . Puzo is a master storyteller with an uncanny facility for details that force the reader to keep the pages turning."*USA TodayFrom the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: The Last Don
titlecomplete: The Last Don
characters: Crocifisso 'Cross' De Lena, Alfred Gronevelt, Vincent Clericuzio, Claudia De Lena, Ceil Ceil Ballazzo, Giorgio Clericuzio, Joseph 'Pippi' De Lena, Dante Clericuzio, Rose Marie Clericuzio, Peter "Petie" Clericuzio, Athena Aquitane, Dan Fuberta, Don Domenico Clericuzio
genres: Classics, Drama, Mystery, Novels, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Action, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 17971
places: Hollywood, California
series: Mario Puzo's Mafia
publisher: Random House Value Publishing