Omerta by Puzo, Mario - 2000

William Heinemann, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Omerta is the Sicilian code of silence. This code of silence has followed Italian immigrants to America and then on to the mafia itself. "New York – a mob boss is assassinated and no one will talk. His nephew and the head of the city's FBI both launch investigations into the murder. But silence spreads like a contagion: the silence of rival gangs, the silence of crooked bankers; even the silence of the courts. But this is a world without integrity, and riven with greed. And when money starts to talk ..." – from front fold over panel blurb.  Softening to the lower backstrip edge. Tanning of the textblock edges and lighter tanning of the pages. Minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels.  Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [13], 4 - 479, [7] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; America ; United States; ISBN: 0434008702. ISBN/EAN: 9780434008704. Inventory No: 0128558. . 9780434008704