Omerta - Mario Puzo

==About the Author Mario Puzo== Mario Puzo's best selling novel The GodFather was preceded by two critically acclaimed novels The Dark Arena and The Fortunate Piligrim. His other bestsellers include The Sicilian, The Fourth K,The Last Don.Mario Puzo also wrote many screenplays including Earthquake,Superman,and all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards. Apparently ,Mario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta. He died in July 1999 at his home in Long Island, New York at the age of Seventy Eight. ==About the Novel Omerta== Omerta means a Sicilian code of conduct which ...  Read the complete review

From the author of the 'Godfather' comes the another mafia saga.It focuses on the life of the son of an emminent Sicician 'Don'who is bought up in America .It has many plot turns and the story is told masterfuly.This book has all the brilliance of the original Godfather while wisefully chosing not to feature any of the characters form the 'Godfather' book.I would recommend it to anybody who enjoys Mario Puzo's writing style or has seen any one of the Godfather films and enjoyed the.A good read and a nice way to spend an evening. ...  Read the complete review

Having really enjoyed The Godfather and The Last Don, both by Puzo, when I spotted this in the library I thought that it would be a good read. Alas it is nowhere near the standard of the man who brought the Corleone family to life. Another review mentioned that this was an unfinished manuscript found when Puzo died, if so then someone really mangled it bringing it to publication. It really is a mafia novel by numbers - in places it seems more like an imitation of Puzo's style by an inferior writer. The characters are typically colourful - the old Don Aprile, the hitmen Sturzo brothers, the nephew Astorre. These were fleshed out well and had depth, but some ...  Read the complete review

Mario Puzo is dead and his family dug up a manuscript and then proceede to sell it as a finished "book". It is not a book-it is an idea for a book. The end result of this is that the book that you end up reading is very uneven with some areas perfectly explained (where Puzo had spent a lot of time on) and some areas not well explained at all(where he ahd merely outlined the story). It makes for a very frustrating read as you feel the book should be better than it is because of the better written parts. While this book shows a lot of potential it should not be regarded as a definitive Puzo book as he did not publish it. I would recommend checking out "The ...  Read the complete review

Omerta has all the potential of a classic Mafia story but sadly turns into a sort of fairy tale. The main Character is to infallible , everything he plans to do, turn out perfectly. You are able to see the plot and can make a good guess at how things will turn out.... ie The main character has everybody weight up just right ,never makes mistakes. More like a Chess Don instead of a mafia Don LOL. With out spoiling the ending you will be shocked at how neat everything is ended, Hans Christain Anderson eat your heart out LOL.... It's had to believe that this is the same Brilliant Author who brought Don Corleone and family into the world. With all the main family ...  Read the complete review