To protect them from harm, and to maintain his entr e into the legitimate worldof 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. 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. Don Raymonde Aprile is an old man wily enough to retire gracefully from organized crime after a lifetime of ruthless conquest. In Omerta, Puzo chronicles the affairs of the Apriles, a family on the brink of legitimacy in a world of criminals. In The Last Don, he told the wicked tale of the Clericuzios. In The Godfather, he introduced us to the Corleones. THE FINAL CHAPTER IN MARIO PUZO’S LANDMARK MAFIA TRILOGYMario Puzo spent the last three years of his life writing Omerta, the concluding installment in his saga about power and morality in America.
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