The Fortunate Pilgrim

Oct 24, 2024 12:21 AM

Author:Mario Puzo

A CLASSIC TALE OF THE LOVES, CRIMES AND STRUGGLES CONFRONTED BY ONE FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY.

From the barren farms of Italy to the cramped tenements of New York, Lucia Santa - wife, widow and mother of two families - must steer them through the Depression and the early years of war as they adapt to life in a strange land. However, she cannot prevent the conflict between Italian and American values - nor the violence and bloodshed which must surely follow...

Reviews

Puzo has written a chronicle of Italian immigrant life which is a small classic ... The novel is lifted into literature by its highly charged language, its penetrating insights and its mixture of tenderness and rage

—— New York Times

Absorbing and brilliant... A triumph

—— Evening Standard

One of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction... A mighty literary experience

—— The Times

Quite simply, monumental

—— Washington Post

Exceptional

—— New Yorker

An excellent debut...a moving and powerfully told story of late coming-of-age and redemptive love

—— Literary Review

Tells the slowly unfolding story of Baines' journey of self-discovery with great subtlety

—— Sunday Times

Quinn has a cinematic eye for narrative scope... Like all good novels this book tells us something new

—— Spectator

An absorbing tribute to the city and its unsung heroes

—— Holly Kyte , Sunday Telegraph

In a novel of cinematic denouements, Quinn has reclaimed an intriguing chapter of Liverpool's past

—— Emma Hagestadt , Independent

A real page-tuner

—— Mail on Sunday

He [Anthony] hooks you in with his deep, complex characters; he meticulously sets the scene

—— www.thebookbag.co.uk

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