The Fourth K

Novel by Mario Puzo
0-394-56996-2OCLC23286701
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 20LC ClassPS3566.U9 F68 1990Preceded byThe Sicilian Followed byThe Last Don 

The Fourth K is a novel by Mario Puzo, published in 1990. It is set during the Presidency of fictional "Francis Xavier Kennedy," nephew of John F., Robert F. and Ted Kennedy.

Plot summary

President Francis Xavier Kennedy is elected to office, in large part, thanks to the legacy of his forebears–good looks, privilege, wealth–and is the very embodiment of youthful optimism. Too soon, however, he is beaten down by the political process and, disabused of his ideals, becomes a leader totally unlike what he has been before.

When his daughter becomes a pawn in a brutal terrorist plot, Kennedy, who has obsessively kept alive the memory of his uncles’ assassinations, activates all his power to retaliate in a series of violent measures. As the explosive events unfold, the world and those closest to him look on with both awe and horror.

Mario Puzo has stated: "The Fourth K was a [commercial] failure—but it was my most ambitious book."[1]

See also

  • iconNovels portal
  • Kennedy family

References

  1. ^ "The Fourth K". The Official Mario Puzo Library. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
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Mario Puzo
Novels
  • The Dark Arena (1955)
  • The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965)
  • The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw (1966)
  • Six Graves to Munich (1967, as Mario Cleri)
  • The Godfather (1969)
  • Fools Die (1978)
  • The Sicilian (1984)
  • The Fourth K (1991)
  • The Last Don (1996)
  • Omertà (2000)
  • The Family (2001, with Carol Gino)
Screenplays
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • Earthquake (1974)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Superman (1978)
  • Superman II (1980)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)
  • Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Non-fictionMiniseries adaptations
  • The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)
  • The Last Don (1997)
  • The Last Don II (1998)


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