The Fortunate Pilgrim

A CLASSIC TALE OF THE LOVES CRIMES AND STRUGGLES CONFRONTED BY ONE FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY.From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York Lucia Santa - wife widow and mother of two families - must steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. However she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which must surely follow... Review Puzo has written a chronicle of Italian immigrant life which is a small classic ... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language its penetrating insights and its mixture of tenderness and rage ―New York Times About the Author Mario Puzo was born in New York and following military service in World War II attended New York's New School for Social Research and Columbia University. His best-selling novelThe Godfather was preceded by two critically acclaimed novelsThe Dark Arena (1955) andThe Fortunate Pilgrim (1965). In 1978 he publishedFools Die followed byThe Sicilian (1984)The Fourth K (1991) and the second instalment in his Mafia trilogyThe Last Don (1996) which became an international bestseller. Mario Puzo also wrote many screenplays includingEarthquakeSuperman and all three Godfather films for which he received two Academy Awards. He died in July 1999 at his home in Long Island New York at the age of seventy-eight.|Mario Puzo was born in New York. He is the author of the bestselling novel The Godfather and many other acclaimed novels. Puzo also wrote many screenplays including those for the three Godfather movies for which he won two academy awards. He died at his home in Long Island New York at the age of seventy-eight.|A CLASSIC TALE OF THE LOVES CRIMES AND STRUGGLES CONFRONTED BY ONE FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY.From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York Lucia Santa - wife widow and mother of two families - must steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. However she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which must surely follow...|Puzo has written a chronicle of Italian immigrant life which is a small classic ... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language its penetrating insights and its mixture of tenderness and rage