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"Don Raymonde Aprile is an old man wily enough to retire gracefully from organized crime after a lifetime of ruthless conquest. Having kept his three children at a distance, he's ensured that they are now respectable members of the establishment. To protect them from harm, and to maintain his entree into the legitimate world of international banking, Don Aprile has adopted a "nephew" from Sicily, Astorre Viola, whose legal guardian made the unfortunate decision to commit suicide in the trunk of a car.".
"Though Don Aprile's retirement is seen as a business opportunity by his last Mafia rival, Timmona Portella, it is viewed with suspicion by Kurt Cilke, the FBI's special agent in charge of investigating organized crime.
Cilke has achieved remarkable success in breaking down the bonds between families, cultivating high-ranking sources who in return for federal protection have violated omerta - Sicilian for "code of silence," the vow among men of honor that, until recently, kept them from betraying their secrets to the authorities.".
"As Cilke and the FBI mount their campaign to wipe out the Mafia once and for all, Astorre Viola and the Apriles find themselves in the midst of one last war, a conflict in which it is hard to distinguish who, if anyone, is on the right side of the law, and whether mercy or vengeance is the best course of action."--BOOK JACKET.
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Fiction, Organized crime, Criminals, Mafia, Large type books, Criminales, Crimen organizado, Novela policíaca, Ficción, Novela, Fiction, generalPlaces
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Omerta
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OMERTA (RUSSIAN TEXT EDITION) HARDCOVER
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"WHEN THE STURZO twins, Franky and Stace, pulled into Heskow's driveway, they saw four very tall teenagers playing basketball on the small house court."
Work Description
Spanish translation of "Omerta". The secret code of honor of the mafia is violated.
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