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PUZO IS IN TOP FORM Time The 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 Review The 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 Review The 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 Today From the Paperback edition The personal conflict between two cousins is set against the backdrop of Hollywood and Las Vegas in a story of the operations and machinations of America s last great crime family the Clericuzios - from Amzon