by Mario Puzo · Ediciones Orbis, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475302966
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«El Padrino» is the mafia novel by Mario Puzo, published by Ediciones Orbis in paperback (527 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Vito Corleone, a Sicilian immigrant who becomes the most respected don in New York, ruthless with his rivals but loyal to honor and friendship. His empire spans fraud, extortion, gambling and control of the unions; the story also follows his son Michael, heir to the family business.
First installment of the El Padrino saga. The novel was originally published in 1969 and gave rise to Francis Ford Coppola's movie trilogy.
For readers of crime and suspense fiction, with an interest in organized crime and mafia family stories.
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.
