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Godfather

作者:Puzo, Mario

出版社:Arrow

年份:2009

ISBN:9780099528128

書號:20296797

裝訂:平裝

定價:$480

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧

by Mario Puzo

 

獲獎無數、影史傳奇、影響後代無數黑幫電影的始祖!

黑幫電影的原型《教父》原著小說 (小開本)

【無法控制權力的人,將被權力毀滅】

 

來自義大利的柯里昂家族逐漸在維多‧柯里昂的帶領下站穩腳步,經歷無數風雨,他終於成為地下世界的「教父」,不但維持良好的政商關係,多角化經營家族事業,也必須平衡各方人馬的利益較勁和請託。維多的三個兒子性格完全不同,老大桑尼雖然有膽識卻性格火爆容易起衝突,老二桑提諾個性軟弱,庸庸碌碌無所作為,老三麥可冷靜沉穩,因為不想參與「家族企業」而選擇去讀大學然後從軍,而恰巧父親維多也希望家中能有人過上正常生活。

 

維多因為拒絕了一場毒品販賣交易,意外惹上殺機,毒梟索拉索毫不顧忌輩分與江湖禮數,暗算維多,身種數槍的他倒在血泊中,所幸撿回一條命,聽聞此事的麥可為了父親立即返回家中,直奔醫院現場守護父親,深怕對方派人來二次暗殺,也免去一場衝突。柯里昂家族頓時陷入愁雲慘霧中,索拉索邀約和談,桑尼雖然想立即報復,但每個人都是黑幫成員難以取得索拉索的信任,於是被外界視為「普通人」的麥可自告奮勇擔任談判者出席,索拉索和與其聯手販毒的警察麥考斯基認為他只是一介文弱書生,沒有多想,誰知道這場邀約不但開啟了麥可的逃亡之旅,也扭轉他的人生,從一個普通老百姓邁向「教父」之路...

 

作者Mario Puzo本身也是義大利移民,於1920年代來到美國,他參加過二戰,沒有大學學歷的他戰後去大學旁聽,激起他對文學和寫作的興趣,他開始向出版社投稿,也擔任過雜誌的編輯,1969年寫下《教父》,意外受到好萊塢的青睞並翻拍電影躍上大螢幕,《教父》同名電影於1972年上映,瞬間成為各種ICON的製造機,參與的演員如馬龍白蘭度、艾爾帕西諾、勞勃狄尼洛等人也跟著星路大開,《教父》熱潮至今已將盡快40年,始終是影迷內心的經典作品和各種黑幫電影的原型,裡面的諸多台詞朗朗上口又充滿記憶點,直到今天也始終在文學和影視娛樂圈廣為流傳。

 

50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Mario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon
nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.

A #1 
New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo’s epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream.
 

 

作者介紹
The son of Italian immigrants who moved to the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City, Mario Puzo was born on October 15, 1920. After World War II, during which he served as a U.S. Army corporal, he attended City College of New York on the G.I. Bill and worked as a freelance writer. During this period he wrote his first two novels The Dark Arena (1955) and The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965).

When his books made little money despite being critically acclaimed, he vowed to write a bestseller. 
The Godfather (1969) was an enormous success. He collaborated with director Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplays for all three Godfather movies and won Academy Awards for both The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather, Part II (1974). He also collaborated on the scripts for such films as Superman (1978), Superman II (1981), and The Cotton Club (1984). He continued to write phenomenally successful novels, including Fools Die (1978), The Sicilian (1984), The Fourth K (1991), and The Last Don (1996). Mario Puzo died on July 2, 1999. His final novel, Omerta, was published in 2000.