The Sicilian by Mario Puzo5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Conceived in America and born in the small Sicilian village of Montelepre, Salvatore Guiliano is a tall and handsome young man living a relatively normal life for the first twenty years of his life, loved dearly by his friends and family and the inhabitants of his tiny village, who know him affectionately as their “Turi”. Salvatore Guiliano – A legendary bandit.These are the principal characters that drive the plot of the story, many of whom are based on real-life figures. He is a very close personal friend of the Guiliano family, a mentor for Turi, and a man who caters to the Friends of the Friends (the word Mafia is rarely spoken in Sicily) Characters His godfather, Hector Adonis, a small man tormented his entire life for his small stature, was a professor of history and literature at the University of Palermo. He was born in the village of Montelepre, west of Palermo. The bulk of the novel focuses on the life of Salvatore Guiliano and how he rose to his legendary status as a bandit and hero to the Sicilian people. This novel, though a work of fiction, is based on the real life exploits of Giuliano. In this novel, the spelling of Salvatore Giuliano’s name was intentionally changed by Puzo to “Guiliano”. ![]()
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