Synopses & Reviews
The original 1969 bestseller that became a landmark event in American popular culture.
An American crime boss pursuing the mantle of legitimacy...A former top man on the run...The ambitious brother of a galvanizing young President...A New Orleans capo out for revenge...An Irish consigliere plunged into mortal peril. Five lives on a collision course with tragedy that will make history and shock the world-an unforgettable capstone to Mario Puzo's great American epic.
Review
"Everything it should be. [Readers] probably won't be able to put this one down."
--Entertainment Weekly
"The story has achieved cult status with millions of fans who continue to read it."
-- Library Journal
"Popular fiction at its best."
-- The Washington Post