Last Don, The

An ageing Mafia boss wants the next generation of his family out of the business, and the past refuses to let that happen quietly. Mario Puzo builds The Last Don around the Clericuzio family and their reach into Hollywood studios and Las Vegas casinos, where legitimate money and criminal money have never been easy to tell apart. Loyalty, inheritance, revenge and ambition drive the plot, and the characters are drawn with the same understanding of family obligation that made The Godfather work. The scale is large and the turns are sudden. A few specifics: • A crime novel centred on the Clericuzio family and their succession • Hollywood and Las Vegas as the arenas for the family's ambitions • Themes of loyalty, betrayal, inheritance and revenge • Written by the author of The Godfather For readers who follow Mafia fiction, crime thrillers and character-driven storytelling, available in English from Boipoka.