Fools Die is a 1978 novel by Mario Puzo. Played out in the worlds of gambling, publishing and the film industry, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honor in the ferment of contemporary America, where law and organized crime are one and the same. Set in New York, Hollywood, and Las Vegas.
It starts with 4 friends(Merlyn,Cully,Jordan and Diane) gambling at a hotel cum casino. While Cully and Diane work at the place the other two have come there simply to gamble. Then one night Jordan wins 400,000 $ in baccarat and pops off himself. Then onwards, Diane is totally ignored and and the book focuses primarily on Merlyn and Cully to some extent. Merlyn by the way is a budding writer whose first book flopped.Merlyn gets married,starts taking bribes, gets caught and moves to Hollywood when his second books becomes a runaway success. He has an extramarital love affair with a part time actress(Jannelle) who seems to sleep with everybody(excuse the pun) both men and women. Finally Cully dies as well as Merlyn’s brother and Jannelle as well.Merlyn survives and the conclusion is that he proceeds to the same casino where he met Jordan and Cully to gamble.
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