Fools Die by Mario Puzo (1978, Hardcover)

Fools Die
by Mario Puzo
Publisher:  G. P. Putnam's Sons
Copyright 1978
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Fools Die is about the magic of power and money -- the magic of love and sexuality -- the magic of art and literature -- the magic of marriage and family.

The publishing event of the decade -- MARIO PUZO's first work of fiction since the release of The Godfather in 1969 that went on to sell more than fifteen million copies in the U.S. alone and created a body of language and a cast of characters that have becomes part of America's folklore.

Fools Die focuses dramatically on forty years in the life of an orphaned American boy named Merlyn who, in time, comes to understand how he relates to the magician of Arthurian legend.  His haphazard youth is spent outside the law, and only his overwhelming interest in writing and extraordinary success as an author save him from a life behind bars.

Merlyn's books bring fame and fortune and open doors to the literary coteries of New York actors, agents and beautiful women.  Neither the wife of his youth, his family, nor his beloved brother can compete with the delights of Hollywood or the heady addiction of Las Vegas casinos.  His friends, a cross-section of the beautiful and the damned, are the dramatis personae of this great story:

-- JANELLE, the sensual, intelligent actress who fills much of Merlyn's life and fantasies.

-- GRONEVELT, an all-powerful "Godfather" who owns and operates the Xanadu, one of the most luxurious casino-hotels in Las Vegas.

-- CULLY, Gronevelt's second in command who adroitly handles all manner of events and people.

-- OSANO, famous charismatic author to whom Merlyn turns for friendship and advice.

-- JORDAN HAWLEY, the gambler who betrays his three best friends and almost breaks the bank at Xanadu.

-- DIANE, a sultry beauty (and shill) with a sure hand at the baccarat table.

Surrounded by dazzling actors in life's most risky game, Merlyn plays out his destiny:  the role of a man who witnesses treachery and still believes in honor, who loves one woman but constantly betrays her, and who observes -- as Fools Die.

Panoramic in scope, peopled with brilliantly realized men and women, Fools Die is a novel of ambition and power, passion and "the passions of love," friendship and betrayal, the human comedy -- and tragedy -- that only MARIO PUZO could write.

Condition:  Used.  Hardcover.  Dust cover.  Pages are tanned and darkening from age.  Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.  Dust cover and flaps are tanned from age.  Dust cover shows a bit of edge wear and tear and creasing.  This is a THREE POUND BOOK.

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