History Literature / TheLastDon

* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Rose Marie's "madness" is never giving a particular diagnosis.
** Cross and the people around him speculate that he may have a mental disorder after noticing similarities between him and Bethany, Athena Aquitane's autistic daughter.

'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo, author of ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and its film adaptations, as well as ''Literature/TheSicilian''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, ''The Godfather'' and ''The Last Don'' are very different novels.

* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians." This may have been ComicallyMissingThePoint however.

* NiceHat: Dante's various Italian Renaissance hats.

* To ass to that, in ''The Last Don II'' she finally finds friendship and the prospect of a new start with [[HotPriest Father Luca]], but he is sent away and [[spoiler:dies in a rebellion in Ireland.]]

'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo, author of ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and its film adaptations, as well as ''Literature/TheSicilian''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the ''The Godfather'' and ''The Last Don'' are very different novels.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/DarylHannah is replaced by Mo Kelso in the sequel.

** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night as vengeance for the murder of their brother Silvio. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.

* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians."

** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.

* AlliterativeName: '''A'''thena '''A'''quitane, '''B'''obby '''B'''antz and '''F'''alene '''F'''ante, although Athena and Falene, being actresses, both likely use fake last names.

!!The saga provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.

* AffectionateNickname: ''Pippi'' De Lena. His real name is Joseph.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in the sequel.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Rose Marie...

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante Clericuzio is a sadistic bastard who enjoys torture, murder and rape, but he really loves his mother Rose Marie, and it is his love for her that leads him to [[spoiler: murder his uncles and take over the empire of the Clericuzio.]]
* FeudingFamilies: The Clericuzios and the Santadios.
* KissingCousins: Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their youth.

[[caption-width-right:200:What is past is past. Never go back. Not for excuses, not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.]]

-->''"Power isn't everything. It's the only thing."''

->''"Power isn't everything. It's the only thing."''

'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.

''The Last Don'' received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, ''The Last Don II''.

* {{Badass}}: Pippi De Lena

* AmericanDream: Don Domenico was sent to America to escape Mussolini's Mafia purges and to embrace this trope.

'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.

'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of Film/TheGodfather . Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia , LasVegas and HorribleHollywood , the two works are very different.

It received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, entitled '''The Last Don II'''.

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