The Fourth K [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Puzo, Mario

Published by Random House, New York, 1990

About this Item

Near fine condition black boards, red cloth spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Mario Puzo; Author Dedication and About the Author. "The phenomenal success of The Godfather established Mario Puzo not only as a premier American novelist but as a writer with a rare gift for reinventing the past in a way that portends the future. The world that novel depicted has won a permanent place in the imagination of our time. Now, Puzo has chosen as his subject one of our most potent myths and a source of lasting fascination: the Kennedy legend. Persident Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears - good looks, privilege, wealth - and is the very embodiment of youthful political optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before. As Puzo reminds us, evil often springs from man's desire to do good. When his own daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory of the assassination of his uncles, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of bloody measures as the world and those closest to him look on with both awe and horror. The Fourth K is quintessential Puzo - a novel of explosive suspense and Machiavellian intrigue, whose compelling action is as dramatic as today's headlines." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fourth K [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gatti, David (jacket lettering); Aulicino, Robert (jacket design)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine