Turi's mother Maria Lombardo Giuliano gives Michael a Black Madonna statue as a gift as he parts. Michael is also told he is to be entrusted with Guiliano's testament. Michael is informed that Turi's pregnant fiancée Justina Ferra is heading to America first, ahead of Guiliano, and only when she sends word back that she is safe, will Turi leave for America.

Michael is taken to Giuliano's house where he meets Turi's parents and Gaspare 'Aspanu' Pisciotta, Giuliano's second in command. Michael is told of a 'testament', a set of documents Giuliano has composed that would be damning to certain political officials of the Italian government if released. They discuss with Michael the details of his father's agreement to allow Michael to usher the bandit Salvatore 'Turi' Giuliano out of Sicily and to America. The d/w is unclipped and good with some creasing.The novel opens in 1950 Sicily, where Michael Corleone, nearing the end of his exile in Sicily, meets with Don Croce Malo, the Capo di Capi or Boss of bosses in Sicily, his brother, Father Benjamino Malo, Stefano Andolini (the red headed cousin of Don Vito Corleone), and Sicilian Inspector Frederico Velardi. Light tanning/spotting of the edges and the front free endpaper has been neatly removed but otherwise the contents are fine and unmarked. A good copy in edge rubbed and bumped boards. Praise for The Sicilian 'Puzo is a master storyteller.'-USA TodayÂ 'The Balzac of the mafia.'-Time 'An accomplished and imaginative writer.'-LosÂ AngelesÂ Times 1984, First Australian edition. Now, in the land of mist-shrouded mountains and ancient ruins, Michael Corleone's fate is entwined with the dangerous legend of Salvatore Guiliano: warrior, lover, and the ultimate Siciliano. In Sicily, Guiliano is a modern day Robin Hood who has defied corruption-and defied the Cosa Nostra.

But Guiliano is a man entwined in a bloody web of violence and vendettas.

The Godfather has commanded Michael to bring a young Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano back with him to America. Michael Corleone is nearing the end of his exile in Sicily. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work-a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and treachery. After Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled.

The Sicilian by Mario Puzo