The Family - Softcover

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-07 Pages: 275 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books The internationally bestselling novel originally published as Malavita soon to be the major motion picture The Family starring Robert De Niro. Michelle Pfeiffer. and Tommy Lee Jones. directed by Luc Besson. and produced by Martin ScorseseThe Blakes are newcomers to a small town in Normandy. Fred is a historian researching the Allied landings. Maggie enjoys charity work. and their kids are looking forward to meeting other teenagers at the local lyce. Or so it seems.In fact. Fred is really Giovanni Manzoni. an ex-goodfella turned stool pigeon who's been relocated from New Jersey to France by the FBI's witness protection program. He's got a two-million-dollar bounty on his head. but he and his family can't help attracting attention (imagine the Sopranos in Normandy). And when imprisoned mobste...

Tonino Benacquista was born in France in 1961 to Italian immigrants. An acclaimed author of fiction, film scripts, and graphic novels, he won a César (the "French Oscar") in 2006 for the script of Jacques Audiard's The Beat That My Heart Skipped. His novels in English include The Thursday Night Men, Framed, Someone Else, and Holy Smoke. Benacquista lives in France.