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Fools Die #169142
05/20/05 05:19 PM
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I just read this book and think its very good but kinda weird. I read the godfather,last don etc and think mario is easily the best writer I dunno if this topic has been posted before but is this book kinda morbid?


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Welcome to the BB saintashley! Hope you stick around, you'll enjoy yourself.

Fools Die is my favorite novel by Mario Puzo. It gives a nice, in depth look into the casino business, and the mobs involvement. I think it was Puzo's best written novel, IMO. I'll have to read it again, soon.


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I finished reading Fools Die last week but I do not find it very interesting unlike the other books of Puzo. Yes, it deals about the casino and gambling but as an average person who does not venture in these things, it found it hard to understand though Puzo really tried his best for an ordinary reader to get the grasp of casino life.
The first few pages were dragging especially that it talked about the casino stuff and the characters, Jordan Hawley, Merlin and Cully Cross, were not that interesting. But Jordan's story disturbed me a lot after. I started reading the first few pages last year but i stopped. I decided to read it after The Fourth K thinking that it's also good since it is by Puzo.
The book is realistic and there are quotes that I really love, even my forum signature is taken from Fools Die. Also, it tackles social issues on love, marriage, sex, STDs, woman to woman relationship, etc.


"Only those we love most can cause our death, and
only of them we must beware. Our enemies can
never harm us... Virtue is its own reward and
fools are they who die."
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This talk about the book got me intrigued so I decided to get a copy off Ebay. After I'm done with a few books I'm going to start on it.


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I've read Fools Die twice now and I absolutly love that book. Puzo is by far the best storyteller of the modern age, there are so many characters and you hear all of there stories with such depth and detail. I love it how you venture into the mind of an ordinary goverment office worker and see how he changes through the years going from bad to good and how his world changes with him. I would recommend this book to anyone.
I don't know why Looking for Turi thought it uninteresting, but I guess it is kind of a wierd book when you read Puzo's other books. but I think everyone would agree it's better than the Scarlet Letter, Right?


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I think Fools Die is one of his best novels - did anyone else who read it notice that he uses some of the same characters in The Last Don?

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I agree Fools Die Puzos best work. i've read it 5x in 10 years enjoy it everytime. Have read all of Puzo's books including his non-fiction books. I have my favorites but I have enjoyed every book written by Puzo. I only wish he has written more.

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I will go and have a look.


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