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Plot. Michael Rogan is an American intelligence agent parachuted into France before the D-Day landing in 1944. He is captured by German forces and taken to the Munich Palace of Justice. Rogan was interrogated and tortured by seven Axis agents. He survives his ordeal, plotting revenge.
A November 1965 short story, "Six Graves to Munich", was expanded into a novel in October 1967, and adapted into a film in 1982. In 1969, Puzo's best-known work, The Godfather, was published. Puzo stated that this story came from research into organized crime, not from personal experience, and that he was looking to write something that would ...
- 1955–1999
- The Godfather (1969)
January 30, 2018. Six Graves to Munich is a novel which Mario Puzo wrote shortly before he penned The Godfather. It is fast-paced, no-nonsense, hard-boiled tale about revenge, ex-Nazi and spy network in the Cold War era.
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Six Graves to Munich. Written by Mario Puzo Review by Janet Williamson. This debut novel by Mario Puzo is a revenge-based thriller set in 1955. It tells the story of Michael Rosen, a man blessed with a phenomenal intelligence and memory, who was recruited during the war as a cryptologist in the Washington Intelligence Offices.
First published under a pseudonym in 1967, Six Graves to Munich was Mario Puzo's literary predecessor to his legendary novel, The Godfather. In this unsung classic, Puzo's trademark unflinchingly stark writing style, vivid descriptive skill, and relentless pace are exemplified in the genre of the spy novel.
First published under a pseudonym in 1967, »Six Graves to Munich « was Mario Puzo’s literary predecessor to his legendary novel, »The Godfather«. In this unsung classic, Puzo’s trademark unflinchingly stark writing style, vivid descriptive skill, and relentless pace are exemplified in the genre of the spy novel.
Mario Puzo. Quercus, Mar 8, 2012 - Fiction - 256 pages. In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo...
