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| Author | Mario Puzo compl. by Carol Gino |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Historical novel |
| Publisher | ReganBooks |
| Publication date | October 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp (hardback edition) & 432 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-06-039445-5 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-06-103242-5 (paperback edition) |
The Family is a 2001 novel by Mario Puzo. The novel is about Pope Alexander VI and his family. Puzo spent over twenty years working on the book off and on, while he wrote others. It was finished by his longtime girlfriend, Carol Gino. Effectively his last novel.
Plot introduction
The book has a factual core, with fictional events used to create the unknown aspects of Pope Alexander VI, formerly Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, and his family's life. The book is peopled by real characters, including Niccolò Machiavelli, and the real relationships with members of the Borgia family. However, it tends to focus on the incestuous relationship between Lucrezia Borgia and her father and brother, which historically have never been conclusively proved.
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| Novels: |
The Dark Arena (1955) ♦ The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965) ♦ The Runaway Summer of David Shaw (1966) ♦ The Godfather (1969) ♦ The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions (1972) ♦ Fools Die (1975) ♦ The Sicilian (1984) ♦ The Fourth K (1991) ♦ The Last Don (1996) ♦ Omertà (1999) ♦ The Family (2001 with Carol Gino) |
| Non-fiction: |
Inside Las Vegas (1977) |
