Author Description

Product Description From the blockbuster author of The Godfather comes this bold international best-seller about the feverish world of a big-time gambler. Merlyn and his brother, Artie, obey their own code of honor in the ferment of contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same. Set within America's golden triangle of corruption and excess--New York, Hollywood, Las Vegas--the novel plunges into the glittering and ruthless worlds of gambling, publishing, and the film industry, where greed, lust, and violence hold sway. As high rollers, hustlers, and scheming manipulators use power, sex, and betrayal to win, the strongest survive--but fools die. Review Fools Die is my personal favorite. I thought I tried some new things in fiction, and I was very happy when it was a success. --Mario Puzo About the Author MARIO PUZO (1920-1999) was born in ''Hell's Kitchen'' on Manhattan's West Side, New York City. Following military service in World War II, he attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. In addition to his best-known novel, The Godfather, and other books, he wrote several screenplays including Superman and all three Godfather movies, for which he received two Academy Awards.