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After spending three years in exile on the island of Sicily, Michael Corleone is tasked with returning to America with Salvatore Giuliano, a young Sicilian bandit. Giuliano’s daring activities have angered the head of the Sicilian Mafia, setting up a fraught journey across the Atlantic.
The story follows Corleone’s navigation of the treacherous ties between the Atlantic and the southern Italian underworld, exploring themes of loyalty, crime, and the thin line between justice and vengeance.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Crime Fiction/Organized Crime
Authors: Mario Puzo
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