Copyright © 2000 by Mario Puzo

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Puzo, Mario, 1920–1999.
Omerta / Mario Puzo.
p. cm.

1. Mafia—Fiction. 2. Criminals—Fiction. 3. Organized crime—Fiction.
I. Title.
PS3566.U9 046 2000b
813'.54—dc21 00-028082

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Omerta:

a Sicilian code of honor which forbids

informing about crimes thought to be the affairs

of the persons involved

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