| The phenomenal success of The Godfather established Mario Puzo not only as a premier Ameri- can novelist but as a writer with a rare gift for reinventing the past in a way that portends the future. The world that novel depicted has won a permanent place in the imagina- tion of our time. Now, Puzo has chosen as his sub- ject one of our most potent myths and a source of lasting fascination: the Kennedy legend. President Francis Xavier Ken- nedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears- good looks, privilege, wealth- and is the very embodi- ment of youthful political opti- mism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political proc- ess and, disabused of his ideals, he becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before, As Puzo reminds us, evil often springs from man s desire to do good. When his own daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory of the assassina- tion of his uncles, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of bloody measures as the world and those closest to him look on with both awe and horror. The Fourth K is quintessential Puzo - a novel of explosive sus- pense and Machiavellian intrigue, whose compelling action is as dra- matic as today s headlines. |
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