Prizzi's Money

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Hnything the people want that the law says they can't have, the Mafia gets. For sixty years Don Corrado Prizzi, together with Charley Partanna, his vindicatore, and Edward S. Price, his son, has dedicated himself to serving the American public, with spectacularly profitable results. But now those profits are under threat. The Prizzis, America's first family of organized crime, are back, and they're in trouble.
When Julia Asbury's husband, Henry (an 'adviser to presidents'), is kidnapped while at the helm of a cigarette boat roaring through Long Island Sound at 68 miles per hour, the world is stunned. No one could have guessed that Julia and Henry planned the whole thing in order to reap the rewards of $75 million in (non-taxable) ransom money.
Or at least that's what Julia planned. Too late, she realizes that her double-crossing husband has cut her out of the scheme and dealt the Prizzis in. Indeed, she discovers that he has been a Mafia dupe all his life. Julia vows to take... Tovább

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Hnything the people want that the law says they can't have, the Mafia gets. For sixty years Don Corrado Prizzi, together with Charley Partanna, his vindicatore, and Edward S. Price, his son, has dedicated himself to serving the American public, with spectacularly profitable results. But now those profits are under threat. The Prizzis, America's first family of organized crime, are back, and they're in trouble.
When Julia Asbury's husband, Henry (an 'adviser to presidents'), is kidnapped while at the helm of a cigarette boat roaring through Long Island Sound at 68 miles per hour, the world is stunned. No one could have guessed that Julia and Henry planned the whole thing in order to reap the rewards of $75 million in (non-taxable) ransom money.
Or at least that's what Julia planned. Too late, she realizes that her double-crossing husband has cut her out of the scheme and dealt the Prizzis in. Indeed, she discovers that he has been a Mafia dupe all his life. Julia vows to take the Prizzis for the only thing they value: their money.
For the family, it's unthinkable. Get ripped off? Worse, get ripped off by a woman? Don Corrado is about to despatch Charley Partanna to sort her out - permanently - when he realizes that Julia is the daughter of The Plumber, one of his hitmen. According to their code of honour, she is untouchable. Something inventive must be done. The duel that ensues between Julia and the Prizzis is intricate, explosive and hilarious. This is Richard Condon, the master of black comedy, at full tilt, with mayhem and merriment in equal measure. Vissza