Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo (1920-1999) American novelist, best-known for his Godfather saga. The novel stayed on The New York Times' best-seller list for sixty-seven weeks. Puzo's book had a deep impact on American society through its film adaptation, and the saying about "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" has became a cliché. Mario Puzo was born into an immigrant family in New York City in the area known as 'Hell's Kitchen'. His father was a …

…of Frederick Forsyth and Ken Follet. In The Last Don (1996) Puzo returned to the world of Godfathers. The head of the most powerful Mafia family in the country, Don Clericuzio, decides to make his enterprises legal, and the story follows how the don's plans for his family future succeed. Puzo died from heart failure on July 1999 at his home in Long Island, after completing his latest organized crime book, OMERTA, which came out in July 2000.