The Last Don: A Novel by Mario Puzo

Author:Mario Puzo [Puzo, Mario]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780345480712
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2004-09-28T07:00:00+00:00

The next day Pippi flew East to give the Don and Giorgio a full report. “Big Tim was crazy,” he said. “He bribed the caterer who supplies the food and drink to the teams in the Super Bowl. They were going to use drugs to make the team they bet against weaker as the game went on. The coaches and players would notice even if the fans didn’t, and the FBI, too. You were right, Uncle, the scandal would have set back our program maybe forever.”

“Was he an idiot?” Giorgio asked.

“I think he wanted to be famous,” Pippi said. “Rich wasn’t enough.”

“What about the others involved in the scheme?” the Don asked.

“When they don’t hear from the Rustler, they’ll be scared off,” Pippi said.

Giorgio said, “I agree.”

“Very good,” the Don said. “And my grandson, did he perform well?”

It seemed an offhand remark, but Pippi knew the Don well enough to understand that this was a very serious question. He answered as carefully as he could but with a certain purpose.

“I told him not to wear his hat on this operation in Vegas and L.A. He did anyway. Then he didn’t follow the script of the operation. We could have got the information with more talk but he wanted blood. He cut the guy to pieces. He cut off his cock and nuts and breasts. That wasn’t necessary. He enjoys doing it and that is very dangerous for the Family. Somebody really has got to talk to him.”

“It will have to be you,” Giorgio said to the Don. “He doesn’t listen to me.”

Don Domenico pondered this a long time. “He’s young, he’ll grow out of it.”

Pippi saw that the Don would not do anything. So he told them about Dante’s indiscretion with the movie star the night before the operation. He saw the Don flinch and Giorgio grimace with distaste. There was a long silence. Pippi wondered if he had gone too far.

Finally, the Don shook his head and said, “Pippi, you have planned well, as always, but you can set your mind at rest. You will never have to work with Dante again. But you must understand, Dante is my daughter’s only child. Giorgio and I must do our best with him. He will grow wiser.”

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