The Family Corleone

根據Mario Puzo原創《教父》電影腳本發展而成的《教父》前傳

　　1933年，正值美國經濟大恐慌時期，紐約的黑道家族發展更顯興盛。隨著政府禁酒令解除期限的逼近，各路人馬緊繃的關係讓幫派組織間的戰鬥一觸即發。

　　對身為其中一份子的維多．柯里昂來說，他最擔心的還是家族未來發展。家中較小的孩子Michael、Fredo、Connie和養子Tom Hagen都還在唸書，對於父親所從事的工作並不十分了解。維多本來想讓十七歲的大兒子Sonny從商，不料Sonny抗拒，反倒是想接手家族生意……。

　　作者Ed Falco以文字精準傳達出《教父》系列為人所稱道的暴力美學，述說了一個關於信任與背叛的人性精彩故事，讀來令人血脈賁張。總的來說，《The Family Corleone》不僅適合已經看過《教父》小說的讀者，更適合成為新世代讀者進入經典的入門磚。

(文/博客來編譯)

　　New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end.

　　For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important that his family’s future. While his youngest children, Michael, Fredo, and Connie, are in school, unaware of their father’s true occupation, and his adopted son Tom Hagen is a college student, he worries most about Sonny, his eldest child. Vito pushes Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny-17 years-old, impatient and reckless-wants something else: To follow in his father’s footsteps and become a part of the real family business.

　　An exhilarating and profound novel of tradition and violence, of loyalty and betrayal, The Family Corleone will appeal to the legions of fans who can never get enough of The Godfather, as well as introduce it to a whole new generation.