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Omerta a novel

When Don Raymonde Aprile, an old-school Mafia leader who has retired, is killed, it is not his children, who were kept strictly away from their father's business, who seek to avenge him, but his Sicilian-born ward, Astorre, the son of an even greater Mafia chieftain.

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  • "Omertà"
  • "Omerta"
  • "Omerta"@sl
  • "Omerta"@it
  • "Omertar"@th
  • "Obra póstuma del autor de El Padrino"@es

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  • "In the first book in the Mafia Trilogy, "The Godfather," the Corleones were introduced; in the second book, "The last don" the wicked tale of the Clericuzios was told, this novel chronicles the affairs of the Apriles, a family on brink of legitimacy in a world of criminals."
  • "De aangenomen zoon van een vermoorde maffia-baas gaat op zoek naar de moordenaar en krijgt daarbij hulp van een FBI-agent."
  • "Mario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta, the concluding installment in his saga about power and morality in America. In The Godfather, he introduced us to the Corleones. In The Last Don, he told the wicked tale of the Clericuzios. In Omerta, Puzo chronicles the affairs of the Apriles, a family on the brink of legitimacy in a world of criminals. The final chapter in Mario Puzo's landmark Mafia trilogy."
  • "When Don Raymonde Aprile, an old-school Mafia leader who has retired, is killed, it is not his children, who were kept strictly away from their father's business, who seek to avenge him, but his Sicilian-born ward, Astorre, the son of an even greater Mafia chieftain."
  • "When Don Raymonde Aprile, an old-school Mafia leader who has retired, is killed, it is not his children, who were kept strictly away from their father's business, who seek to avenge him, but his Sicilian-born ward, Astorre, the son of an even greater Mafia chieftain."@en
  • "THE FINAL CHAPTER IN MARIO PUZO'S LANDMARK MAFIA TRILOGY Mario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta, the concluding installment in his saga about power and morality in America. In The Godfather, he introduced us to the Corleones. In The Last Don, he told the wicked tale of the Clericuzios. In Omerta, Puzo chronicles the affairs of the Apriles, a family on the brink of legitimacy in a world of criminals. Don Raymonde Aprile is an old man wily enough to retire gracefully from organized crime after a lifetime of ruthless conquest. Having kept his three children at a distance, he's ensured that they are now respectable members of the establishment: Valerius is an army colonel who teaches at West Point, Marcantonio is an influential TV network executive, and Nicole is a corporate litigator with a weakness for pro bono cases to fight the death penalty. To protect them from harm, and to maintain his entrEe into the legitimate world of international banking, Don Aprile has adopted a "nephew" from Sicily, Astorre Viola, whose legal guardian made the unfortunate decision to commit suicide in the trunk of a car. Astorre is an unlikely enforcer'a macaroni importer with a fondness for riding stallions and recording Italian ballads with his band. Though Don Aprile's retirement is seen as a business opportunity by his last Mafia rival, Timmona Portella, it is viewed with suspicion by Kurt Cilke, the FBI's special agent in charge of investigating organized crime. Cilke has achieved remarkable success in breaking down the bonds between families, cultivating high-ranking sources who in return for federal protection have violated omerta'Sicilian for "code of silence," the vow among men of honor that, until recently, kept them from betraying their secrets to the authorities. As Cilke and the FBI mount their campaign to wipe out the Mafia once and for all, Astorre Viola and the Apriles find themselves in the midst of one last war, a conflict in which it is hard to distinguish who, if anyone, is on the right side of the law, and whether mercy or vengeance is the best course of action. Rich with suspense, dark humor, and the larger-than-life characters who have turned Mario Puzo's novels into modern myths, Omerta is a powerful epitaph for the Mafia at the turn of a new century, and a final triumph for a great American storyteller."@en
  • "Spanish translation of "Omerta". The secret code of honor of the mafia is violated."
  • "The final installment in the Mafia saga about power and morality in America."@en
  • "Omerta, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omerta carried the Mafia through a century of change, but now at the century's end it is becoming a relic from a bygone age. Honour may be silent - but money talks. New York - a mob boss is assassinated and no one will talk. His nephew and the head of the city's FBI both launch investigations into the murder. But silence spreads like a contagion: the silence of rival gangs, the silence of crooked bankers; even the silence of the courts. But this is a world without integrity, and riven with greed. And when money starts to talk."@en
  • "A powerful and suspenseful epitaph for the Mafia at century's end. The story of the Apriles, a family on the brink of legitimacy in a world of criminals, completes Puzo's trilogy about power and morality in America."@en
  • "Wanneer in New York een belangrijke Siciliaanse maffiabaas op klaarlichte dag wordt vermoord, beginnen zowel zijn geadopteerde zoon als de FBI een onderzoek."
  • "Polish translation of "Omerta". The secret code of honor of the mafia is violated."
  • "Omerta is a powerful epitaph for the Mafia at the turn of a new century."
  • "Don Raymondo Aprile, le vieux parrain new-yorkais est tombé, foudroyé par des balles anonymes. Il avait désigné son successeur : son neveu, Astorre Viola. Mais quelques banquiers et avocats malhonnêtes, ainsi qu'une détective corrompue sont prêts à détruire ce dernier. De plus, le vrai danger tient au mystère de sa naissance dont il ignore tout."
  • "Omerta, the Sicilian code of silence, has been the cornerstone of the Mafia's sense of honour for centuries. Born in the Sicilian hills, omerta carried the Mafia through a hundred years of change, but now at the century's end it is becoming a relic from a bygone age. Honour may be silent - but money talks."
  • "When an important Mafia boss is assassinated, no one knew anything. Omerta, the Mafia code of silence is at work. No information is to be found, not from corrupt banks, rival gangs, or even from the courts. However, the nephew of the dead man and the head of the FBI are determined to trackdown the murderers. So determined, they join forces to begin their own investigation. After all, in the Mafia world, everyone has a price."@en
  • "No one knew why Raymonde Aprile, the last great American Don, adopted Astorre Viola many years ago in Sicily; no one suspected how he had carefully trained him. While the Don's own children claimed respectable careers in America, Astorre Viola waited for his time to come. The Don Aprile is now dead, his murder one bloody act in an onslaught of ambition and deceit that involves deadly compromises made by an FBI agent, two crooked NYPD detectives, and the frightening plans of a South American mob kingpin. Amid this collision of enemies and lovers, betrayers and loyal soldiers, Astorre Viola will claim his destiny."@en
  • "Omertá, the third of the Mafia Trilogy begun with The Godfather and The Last Don . "Omertá", from the Italian word for "code of silence" The story follows the career of a young Mafia prince raised by an honorable man, Don Raymonde Aprile, as a much-beloved nephew. Don Aprile's own children have no awareness of their father's business, but Astorre, our prince, not only knows its nature, he is trained to take over. The world of this novel is a violent one, but according to the code of Omerta, the violence and killing are secondary to lapses of honor. A man of honor lives by strict rules and protocols, where treachery may be the worst of all sins."
  • "Omertà. - De aangenomen zoon van een vermoorde maffiabaas gaat op zoek naar de moordenaar en krijgt daarbij hulp van een FBI-agent."
  • "Don Raymonde Aprile wants to retire as head of his Mafia family, but neither his rivals or the FBI will let him go easily."

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  • "Kriminální romány"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery"
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Společenské romány"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Sagas"
  • "Translations"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "American fiction"

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  • "Ju jue zuo zheng = Omerta"
  • "終極教父 : 奧默塔"
  • "Omerta : roman"
  • "Omerta : suskunluk yasası : roman"
  • "Zakon ćutanja"
  • "Omertá"
  • "Omerta : Roman"
  • "กฎเหี้ยม-คนโหด"
  • "終極敎父 = Omerta"
  • "Omerta a novel"@en
  • "Omerta [sound recording]"
  • "Omerta : a novel"
  • "Omerta : a novel"@en
  • "Omeruta"
  • "Omertà Roman"
  • "Kot hīam-khon hōt"
  • "Zakon Cutanja"
  • "拒绝作证 = Omerta"
  • "Zhong ji jiao fu = Omerta"
  • "Omertà : Roman"
  • "Omertà : suskunluk yasası"
  • "Omertà : [a szicíliai becsületkódex szerint a hallgatás törvénye, aki megszegi, halállal lakol]"@hu
  • "Omerta"@es
  • "Zhong ji jiao fu"
  • "<&gt"@th
  • "Omerta"@en
  • "Omerta"
  • "Omerta"@pl
  • "Omerta"@da
  • "กฎเหี้ยม-คนโหด = Omertar"
  • "Omerta : [roman]"
  • "Ju jue zuo zheng"
  • "拒绝作证"
  • "Luật im lặng = Omerta"
  • "Omertà"@en
  • "Omertà"@ca
  • "Omertà"@pl
  • "Omertà"@es
  • "拒絶作證"
  • "Omertà"@sl
  • "Omertà"
  • "Omertà"@it
  • "终极教父"
  • "오메르타"
  • "Omerta <dt.&gt"
  • "Zhong ji jiao fu : ao mo ta"
  • "Omertà : [Spanish ed.]"
  • "Omertà : roman"@sv

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