The Sicilian: A Novel

Mario Puzo is an excellent story teller. I truly escaped my actual surrounding and invaded the island of Sicily to get a chance to follow the compassionate and courageous young hero as he fights frightening odds that are told in an amazingly simple way. It was not over dramatic. It was realistic and brutal. You believed the Hero and his fellow countrymen and countrywomen would fail in their stand against the crime lords, and yet you shared in the passion and strength that burned through their boldness to even attempt such a cause. It is a book about justice, and love, and the bloody corruption that hovered over this land in their time. I'd read it again, that's how endearing it was to me, and I hate reading. When I read this book over 10 years ago I was probably 17, which was after I had watched the film version of The Godfather but before I had read The Godfather. I had no idea that Michael Corleone was a character in The Sicilian, but I'm not a big fan of The Godfather or of this character (though I am a huge fan of how sexxxy that Al Pacino was looking back then, huh? Am I right?). In comparison The Sicilian was much more romantic, and I recommend it highly!

Puzo is a true sculptor of cime. The Sicilian clearly depicts the reflections of Mafia, Carabinieri & Italian politics on Sicilian society. Treacheries all through the life, the brutal way life treats you. Puzo once again shows how remorseless people can be. He balanced all the injustice and cruelty with rationalism 'The greatest tool of Mario Puzo'.

I read this book as a young woman. First book like this I ever read. So Al Pacino became my hero☺☺