Mario Puzo has written a sensational
novel dipicting the heroic fight of one man against the power of Mafia. This is a novel
about a Sicilian hero named Salvatore Giuliano.
Giuliano lives in a small town of Sicily which has been plundered by cruelty and corruption of the ''carabiniere'', the local law enforcement. He has a loving family and a best friend named Piscicotta, who is like a brother to him. They have a fun filled life until one fateful evening on her sister''s wedding, while trying to barter some cheese for some salmon and sausages, they are caught by the police. After killing an officer in self defense the only way for them to survive is by
taking refuge in the mountains. Here Giuliano takes a rebirth and becomes an outlaw and a bandit. He becomes a Robin Hood, taking away from the rich and giving away to the poor. He is loved by the comman man and cursed by the law makers of the society. But in his desire to wipe out corrupton and injustice Giuliano''s crosses path with that of Don Croce of the Sicilian Mafia.Now he has both the Mafia and the law against him. A web of betrayal, love, honesty and revenge is spun as the final battle draws close and Giuliano prepares for his final journey.
Mario Puzo writes a sensational
novel where an end is only the beginning.