The Family, how good is it?

I just got The Family from the library and I'm about to start it so im wondering how good it is

Excellent. A good and polemic look at the infamous Borgia family. Good narration and situaitons.

It has several incestuous scenes, though. I f you didn't liked the Vincent-Mary affair you should skip those scenes.

9/10

Giorgio Luigi Gambino

Im talking about the book

Um, duh. The Family doesn't have a film. I don't know what you're talking about.

Lucrecia Borgia falls in love with brother Cesare. And there are some sex scenes of both. This was real.

Giorgio Luigi Gambino

You have misunderstood Don Giorgio Gambino. I'm pretty confident he's referring to the novel The Family too. There's some incestuous goings on in the book and he uses the example of Godfather III's Mary and Vincent relationship as a comparison.

Anyway, the book seems to get mixed reviews. Some people can't get into it, others like me find a pretty good read. Although as my 5th grade teacher always taught me, a book should have a beginning, a middle and an end. The Family, to me has no such direction. That aside though, yeah it's good and opened my eyes to the Renaissance period of history.

Ah, Turi. In that case, my apologies.

Great book, definetly.

Giorgio Luigi Gambino

No, sorry again, I guess I should have been much clearer here too. I actually meant that Danny Montana misunderstood your point Giorgio Gambino. We're all abit...

I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. I didn't think there was a film for it but thats what I thought you meant so I guess I thought there could have been

i agree....

So, Is It a fast Read Or What?

Depends who's reading......

Amen to that but Hpw Long is it?

On Average?

well i think its around 400 pages

Yeah 400...

Ohh. A Quickey!

About the Borges eH?

what's the family about? i've never seen it in a book store before. -Pat

im not exactly sure i started reading the last don first but then i found the godfather for 89 cents, bought that and brought the family and the last don back so i could read the godfather first

I felt the need to post here since this is the only thread without a post in 2004. -Pat

Wow, thats amazing, Pat.

the family is about cardinal rodrigo borgia or pope alexander IV's family. Its set in the time of the renaissance and is masterfully written by sir mario.
here are my comments:
pope alexander IV isnt that subtle and impassive as don vito. also he is not that composed as don vito. He would brag about his wealth, unlike don vito who keeps himself in the datk concerning obvious wealth display. as in the book the godfather, don vito said that the family in chicago are primatives. I think pope alexander is like a don in chicago. but duarte or sir edward(i forgot the correct spelling) is an excellent consiglieri, much better than tom hagen. He is a cunning war time consiglieri.
i'm sorry for being so opinionated, but that is what i think and feel about that.

I really enjoyed reading the book. I realized that the Roman Catholic Church was, and still is, very powerful. The Church had the capability of waging wars (Holy Wars), excommunicate kings, crown rulers, cannonize anyone to be a saint, and be able to tell who can and cannot enter heaven. Imagine the story of "The Family" as a Mafia Church

I must confess I bought The Family last year but have not gotten around to starting it until recently. I'm about halfway through it at the moment and am enjoying it immensely. I knew nothing of the Borgias prior to starting the book (apart that they were a powerful medieval Italian dynasty) and find the history and myth fascinating as told through Mario and Carol Gino.

I will update this post when I have finished with it.

PK

I must admit that while the book was informative, I found it to be very boring. jmho.

i had read somewhere that someone had bought the rights to make the movie of the family. does anyone know if that's still on? and who may be directing or acting in it?

i'd love to see ffc or scorcese try their hand at it.

I haven't started reading it, although it is supposed to be very good. Im waiting till after im finished with: "The Last Don".

I still have 6 of his books left to read. i read the Godfather (of course) The Sicilian and The Dark Anera. I have a question about the Dark Anera. At the end does he kill himself or just give up?

Whats the Dark Arena about?

The dark Arena is about a guy named Walter Mosca who returns to Germany after ww2 to work and find some lady he loved and he trys to marry. its great i liked it.

Okay, thanks.

Family sucks.

Pure ignorance.

Pure ignorance. [/b][/quote]I can't get into it. I got into all Mario's other books but this once I can't get into. So madone di mia, iarassu gavone. :rolleyes:

Saying it sucks though is a bit... well, over-dramatic, and slightly "cruel". To say someone's hard work, and something they've spent a good number of years on, and considering this had special importance to both him and Carol Gino, and to just say it "sucks", is a bit harsh.

Well... It's not my type of book then.

Hi Mr. Soprano!
Yeah I looked up the rights for an adaptation of The Family right after I read it, because I think it'd make a brilliant movie. Apparently the script for it was bought in 2002 and filming started with Ewan McGregor as Cesare, Christina Ricci as Lucrezia, and John Malkovitch and Jean Reno appearing too. To be directed by Neil Jordan. The film would be called 'Borgia' and as far as I can tell it got to the shooting stage, but then nothing's been heard since. I don't think they wrapped shooting on it, and there's been no recent news of a release. Hmmm...?

Hey,I LOVED "The family" While I was reading it I was thinking about the actors who would be perfect for Rodrigo's role...Al Pacino?Or even Andy Garcia,but in about 10 years from now...?How's that?