Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prizzi’s Honor | 1982 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 2 | Prizzi’s Family | 1987 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 3 | Prizzi’s Glory | 1990 | Richard Condon | Buy |
| 4 | Prizzi’s Money | 1994 | Richard Condon | Buy |
The Prizzi series is a four-book sequence set in the world of the Prizzi family, a fictional New York Mafia dynasty. Richard Condon uses the crime genre as a vehicle for biting social satire, portraying the family’s ruthless business operations with the same dry precision a corporate novelist might bring to Wall Street.
Prizzi’s Honor (1982) introduces Charley Partanna, the family’s top enforcer, who falls in love with Irene Walker, a freelance killer working for a rival outfit. Their romance becomes a tug-of-war between personal desire and family obligation. John Huston’s 1985 film adaptation, starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, brought the story to a wide audience. The sequels follow the family through shifting alliances and power struggles: Prizzi’s Family (1987) broadens the focus to the clan’s internal politics, Prizzi’s Glory (1990) raises the stakes to national influence, and Prizzi’s Money (1994) closes the saga with the family’s financial maneuvers.