The Sicilian
by Mario Puzo
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Author: Mario PuzoEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-01
ISBN: 0345441702
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Sicily, Sicily, you destroy your best & bring them to dust!
Summary: 5 Stars
"We all loved Turi Giuliano: But how could we live with him? He wanted to change the world, turn it upside down. He loved his fellow man and who killed more of them? He believed in god and kidnapped a Cardinal!"
Well, Don Croce's words towards the end of the novel pretty much wrap up the story of Giuliano, the man who rose against thousands of years of tradition, against a mixture of interlaced political and economical interests, of local and foreign politicians and barons of crime (for the sicilians, every italian born anywhere outside Sicily is considered a foreigner).
This work is vintage Puzo: it has many similarities to other works of the great writer, a wide range of complex characters, a detailed study of these characters and the relationships between them, all these entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas, life and death, loyalty and betrayal, friendship and sexual exploits of the main characters, very similar to those you find in "The Godfather", "The last Don", "Omertà", "The family", "Fools die", etc. Throughout this novel though, Puzo takes the reader in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, "where children more beautiful than the angels spring from the earth and turn into demons, where the evil florish in the soil like the bamboo and the prickly pear". He also gives the occasion to the readers to learn something about the history of Italy in general and of Sicily in particular during and right after World War Two (to those who are interested in it, anyway).
All in all one of Puzo's best works, at least as far as storyline and writing style are concerned. One major critical remark though, not for the writer, but for the editor: his name was Salvatore Giuliano and not Guiliano, as you repeatedly find the name mistakenly written at least five times in every page of the book. Maybe I'm nitpicking a bit here, but this "little" error changes completely the pronunciation of his name in italian. Maybe it's not that important, but how would you like to read a book about George Woshington, Elvis Preesley or Martin Luther Keeng?
Summary of The Sicilian
After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work--a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. . . .The year is 1950. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption--and defied the Cosa Nostra. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano.
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