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First published March 10, 1969
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About the author
Mario Puzo
147听books4,664听followersPuzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York. Many of his books draw heavily on this heritage. After graduating from the City College of New York, he joined the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. Due to his poor eyesight, the military did not let him undertake combat duties but made him a public relations officer stationed in Germany. In 1950, his first short story, The Last Christmas, was published in American Vanguard. After the war, he wrote his first book, The Dark Arena, which was published in 1955.
At periods in the 1950s and early 1960s, Puzo worked as a writer/editor for publisher Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company. Puzo, along with other writers like Bruce Jay Friedman, worked for the company line of men's magazines, pulp titles like Male, True Action, and Swank. Under the pseudonym Mario Cleri, Puzo wrote World War II adventure features for True Action.
Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in 1969 after he had heard anecdotes about Mafia organizations during his time in pulp journalism. He later said in an interview with Larry King that his principal motivation was to make money. He had already, after all, written two books that had received great reviews, yet had not amounted to much. As a government clerk with five children, he was looking to write something that would appeal to the masses. With a number one bestseller for months on the New York Times Best Seller List, Mario Puzo had found his target audience. The book was later developed into the film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning three, including an Oscar for Puzo for Best Adapted Screenplay. Coppola and Puzo collaborated then to work on sequels to the original film, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III.
Puzo wrote the first draft of the script for the 1974 disaster film Earthquake, which he was unable to continue working on due to his commitment to The Godfather Part II. Puzo also co-wrote Richard Donner's Superman and the original draft for Superman II. He also collaborated on the stories for the 1982 film A Time to Die and the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola film The Cotton Club.
Puzo never saw the publication of his penultimate book, Omert脿, but the manuscript was finished before his death, as was the manuscript for The Family. However, in a review originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jules Siegel, who had worked closely with Puzo at Magazine Management Company, speculated that Omert脿 may have been completed by "some talentless hack." Siegel also acknowledges the temptation to "rationalize avoiding what is probably the correct analysis -- that [Puzo] wrote it and it is terrible."
Puzo died of heart failure on July 2, 1999 at his home in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. His family now lives in East Islip, New York.
At periods in the 1950s and early 1960s, Puzo worked as a writer/editor for publisher Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company. Puzo, along with other writers like Bruce Jay Friedman, worked for the company line of men's magazines, pulp titles like Male, True Action, and Swank. Under the pseudonym Mario Cleri, Puzo wrote World War II adventure features for True Action.
Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather, was first published in 1969 after he had heard anecdotes about Mafia organizations during his time in pulp journalism. He later said in an interview with Larry King that his principal motivation was to make money. He had already, after all, written two books that had received great reviews, yet had not amounted to much. As a government clerk with five children, he was looking to write something that would appeal to the masses. With a number one bestseller for months on the New York Times Best Seller List, Mario Puzo had found his target audience. The book was later developed into the film The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The movie received 11 Academy Award nominations, winning three, including an Oscar for Puzo for Best Adapted Screenplay. Coppola and Puzo collaborated then to work on sequels to the original film, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III.
Puzo wrote the first draft of the script for the 1974 disaster film Earthquake, which he was unable to continue working on due to his commitment to The Godfather Part II. Puzo also co-wrote Richard Donner's Superman and the original draft for Superman II. He also collaborated on the stories for the 1982 film A Time to Die and the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola film The Cotton Club.
Puzo never saw the publication of his penultimate book, Omert脿, but the manuscript was finished before his death, as was the manuscript for The Family. However, in a review originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jules Siegel, who had worked closely with Puzo at Magazine Management Company, speculated that Omert脿 may have been completed by "some talentless hack." Siegel also acknowledges the temptation to "rationalize avoiding what is probably the correct analysis -- that [Puzo] wrote it and it is terrible."
Puzo died of heart failure on July 2, 1999 at his home in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. His family now lives in East Islip, New York.
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September 5, 2017
The Best! a treasure of a story,plot and movie to keep forever...good storytelling and amazing writing (paperback!)
July 4, 2017
Mario Puzo wrote The Godfather, a book that was to become an instant classic, at a time when both his personal life and that of the United States were in transition. Puzo's first two novels had not sold well, and he was almost penniless. A young, up and coming author, Puzo sought to write his version of the great American novel that would also work well on the silver screen. Meanwhile, in a time of war, the nation was beginning to view the mafia rather than Cowboys as the great American hero. According to afterward author Peter Bart, America's perception of the mafia as positive citizens is what allowed Puzo to thrust The Godfather into the forefront of American society.
As someone who has never experienced the award winning film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, Don Corleone and the world he created were new to me. Vito Corleone had immigrated from Sicily to New York in the early 1900s, and, after a few lucky breaks, quickly established himself as one of the leaders of the crime underworld. Using his olive oil import business as a cover to make himself look like a law abiding citizen, Don Corleone's empire grew through his connections with politicians, police, and other officials. Along with his consigliere and caporegimes, Corleone instilled respect and fear into those who dared go against the most powerful mafia family in the nation.
Being a mafiosa has its costs, however. Corleone's wife through forty years of marriage was never able to be his equal partner. The mafia and everything that went with it was kept secret and separate from family life. Crimes split apart families, forged both likely and unlikely alliances, and one never knew who he could trust. Despite the awe with which people viewed the Don, even he did not feel safe outside of his self-made mall fortress on Long Island. As a result even his wife, daughter-in-law, and especially son-in-law were kept out of the business that was to remain for all times in the family.
The one protagonist who questioned the function of the mafia yet never wavered in his support of his family was the Don's youngest son Michael. A war hero and Dartmouth educated, Michael Corleone desired that his future children and grand children would be lawyers, bankers, maybe even the president, rather than have to go into the family business. Rather than marrying a Sicilian girl, he chose as his life partner a New England Yankee named Kay Adams. The two experience unconditional love yet even Kay, an Ivy League educated woman of the baby boom generation, is not told everything that occurs within the business. Like his father before him, Michael Corleone differentiates his marriage from his place in the family business.
As a Chicagoan, I always associated the mafia with Al Capone, the top Italian crime lord of the city. Viewed in a negative light, Capone alone was responsible for outsiders negative perception of Chicago for many years. Even Puzo and Don Corleone view Capone as an outlier, a crazy who is not invited to be part of the national network of Dons. In Don Corleone, Mario Puzo has created a persona who shifts people's views of the role of the mafia. While there might be killings in revenge on occasion, the Don assists his people in a time of need in the role of an inner city Italian Robin Hood. Some of the activities may be illegal, yet they are overlooked as even rival crime families view Don Vito Corleone with nothing but the utmost respect and reverence.
Following The Godfather's debut on screen, Mario Puzo never again rose to a high level of prominence. He was known as an extension of the character he created and often asked to impart words of wisdom on the Don's behalf. After three sequels, including the second part which also garnered awards, Puzo's ground breaking work lead to generations of mafia and crime family movies, most recently the Sopranos. Yet, there would be no Tony Soprano if Mario Puzo had not created Vito Corleone and his world, changing people's views of the mafia. I rate this captivating, game changing novel 4.5 stars.
Afterward:
After viewing the movie for the first time, I am impressed how closely it stuck to the book down to the minutest detail. For a three hour movie, the scenes moved quickly leaving me captivated and on edge. I found the acting to be stellar, especially Don Corleone himself Marlon Brando. Even if Puzo's other novels did not receive as high ratings, I am looking forward to The Godfather Part II. Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola indeed made a perfect team and left Americans with a true classic.
As someone who has never experienced the award winning film starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, Don Corleone and the world he created were new to me. Vito Corleone had immigrated from Sicily to New York in the early 1900s, and, after a few lucky breaks, quickly established himself as one of the leaders of the crime underworld. Using his olive oil import business as a cover to make himself look like a law abiding citizen, Don Corleone's empire grew through his connections with politicians, police, and other officials. Along with his consigliere and caporegimes, Corleone instilled respect and fear into those who dared go against the most powerful mafia family in the nation.
Being a mafiosa has its costs, however. Corleone's wife through forty years of marriage was never able to be his equal partner. The mafia and everything that went with it was kept secret and separate from family life. Crimes split apart families, forged both likely and unlikely alliances, and one never knew who he could trust. Despite the awe with which people viewed the Don, even he did not feel safe outside of his self-made mall fortress on Long Island. As a result even his wife, daughter-in-law, and especially son-in-law were kept out of the business that was to remain for all times in the family.
The one protagonist who questioned the function of the mafia yet never wavered in his support of his family was the Don's youngest son Michael. A war hero and Dartmouth educated, Michael Corleone desired that his future children and grand children would be lawyers, bankers, maybe even the president, rather than have to go into the family business. Rather than marrying a Sicilian girl, he chose as his life partner a New England Yankee named Kay Adams. The two experience unconditional love yet even Kay, an Ivy League educated woman of the baby boom generation, is not told everything that occurs within the business. Like his father before him, Michael Corleone differentiates his marriage from his place in the family business.
As a Chicagoan, I always associated the mafia with Al Capone, the top Italian crime lord of the city. Viewed in a negative light, Capone alone was responsible for outsiders negative perception of Chicago for many years. Even Puzo and Don Corleone view Capone as an outlier, a crazy who is not invited to be part of the national network of Dons. In Don Corleone, Mario Puzo has created a persona who shifts people's views of the role of the mafia. While there might be killings in revenge on occasion, the Don assists his people in a time of need in the role of an inner city Italian Robin Hood. Some of the activities may be illegal, yet they are overlooked as even rival crime families view Don Vito Corleone with nothing but the utmost respect and reverence.
Following The Godfather's debut on screen, Mario Puzo never again rose to a high level of prominence. He was known as an extension of the character he created and often asked to impart words of wisdom on the Don's behalf. After three sequels, including the second part which also garnered awards, Puzo's ground breaking work lead to generations of mafia and crime family movies, most recently the Sopranos. Yet, there would be no Tony Soprano if Mario Puzo had not created Vito Corleone and his world, changing people's views of the mafia. I rate this captivating, game changing novel 4.5 stars.
Afterward:
After viewing the movie for the first time, I am impressed how closely it stuck to the book down to the minutest detail. For a three hour movie, the scenes moved quickly leaving me captivated and on edge. I found the acting to be stellar, especially Don Corleone himself Marlon Brando. Even if Puzo's other novels did not receive as high ratings, I am looking forward to The Godfather Part II. Puzo and director Francis Ford Coppola indeed made a perfect team and left Americans with a true classic.
November 17, 2022
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孬賱丕孬丞 賲賲孬賱賷賳 丕丿賵丕 丿賵乇 丕賱毓乇丕亘 丕賱賲賱丨賲賶
賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 ..丕氐賵賱 丕賷乇賱賳丿賷丞
乇賵亘乇鬲 丿賷賳賷乇賵..丕氐賵賱 丕賷胤丕賱賷丞
丕賱 亘丕鬲卮賷賳賵 ..賲賴丕噩乇 丕賷胤丕賱賷
丕賱丕禺乇丕噩 賴賵 丕賱丕賰爻噩賷賳 賱賱賮賷賱賲 賵 丕禺乇丕噩 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻 賮賵乇丿 賰賵亘賵賱丕 賰丕賳 丕爻胤賵乇賷丕 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賴賲 ..賵
賵 亘丿賵賳 鬲賮賰賷乇 乇丕賷賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷 丕賳 : 乇賵亘乇鬲 丿賷賳賷乇賵 賴賵 賲賳 賯亘囟 毓賱賶 乇賵丨 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 賱賱丿賵賳 .. 亘丕丿丕丐賴 丕賱亘賴賷賲賷 丕賱氐丕賲鬲 ..亘賰賱賲丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賷胤丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲賯鬲囟亘丞 賵 賵噩賴賴 丕賱禺丕賱賷 賲賳 丕賱乇鬲賵卮 ..賵 丕賱丕賴賲 賳馗乇丕鬲賴 丕賱爻丕丿賷丞 /丕賱丿賲孬丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯賮卮鬲 賲鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱鬲賰賵賷賳 ..賱匕丕 鬲賰爻亘 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲賳賴噩賷丞 賲毓賶 丿丕卅賲丕
Method Acting 馃憤
丕賱丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賴賳丕 賱睾囟亘 賱賲 鬲亘丿賷賴 丕亘丿丕 鈾♀櫋 丞鈾♀櫋
乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱毓乇丕亘 賲孬賱 毓乇賵囟 丿賵賳 賰賵乇賱賷賵賳賷 ..賱丕 賷賲賰賳 乇賮囟賴丕
丕賱賱睾丞 毓賳賷賮丞 氐丕丿賲丞 賰賲丕 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳
丕賱亘賳丕亍 賲卮賵賯 賷噩亘乇賰 毓賱賶 丕賳賴丕亍賴丕
丕賱囟毓賮 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷 賵 丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 賱丿賶 丕賯賵賶 丕賱賲噩乇賲賷賳
丕丿亘 卮毓亘賷 賱賰賳 賷賳賷乇 賰卮丕賮丕 毓賱賶 毓丕賱賲 賲噩賴賵賱
丨賮賱丞 賲賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞
賱賰賳賴丕 賲丕賱賵賮丞 賱賳丕 賰丕亘賳丕亍 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賱賲鬲賵爻胤 亘卮賰賱 爻賷匕賴賱賰
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賱亘賳丕賳賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賴賶 丕賱丕賮囟賱
鈾♀櫋丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 乇賮囟賴丕 鈾♀櫋
賵 亘丕賱胤亘毓 賲孬賱 賰賱 賰鬲丕亘 賲賲鬲丕夭 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷賵噩丿 賲賳 賷乇賮囟賴. .賵 丕卮賴乇 丕賱丨丕賯丿賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "賮乇丕賳賰 爻賷賳丕鬲乇丕" !! 丕賱匕賷 孬丕乇 毓賱賶 鬲丨賱賷賱 賵 鬲賯丿賷賲 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲胤乇亘 噩賵丕賳 賮賵賳鬲丕賷賳 賮賯丿 丕賮鬲乇囟 丕賱噩賲賷毓 丕賳賴 賴賵 ..賱匕丕 丕乇丕丿 丿丨氐 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟 亘丕賳 賷丐丿賷 丿賵乇 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵..賱賰賳 亘賵夭賵 賵 賰賵亘賵賱丕 毓乇囟賵丕 毓賱賷賴 丿賵乇 賮賵賳鬲丕賷賳 馃槀馃槀!丕
鈾♀櫋丕賱鬲賯丿賷乇 賴賳丕 賱賵毓賵丿賰 丕賱賲丨賯賯丞鈾♀櫋
賵 賴賰匕丕 爻鬲鬲乇賰 丕賱毓乇丕亘 賵 丕賳鬲 毓丕噩夭丕 毓賳 丕賳 鬲丨亘賴 丕賵 鬲賰乇賴賴..賵 賱賰賳 丕賱賲丐賰丿 丕賳賰 賱丕 鬲鬲賲賳賶 毓丿丕賵鬲賴 賵 賱丕 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丨賰丕賷鬲賴
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賮賷鬲賵 賰賵乇賱賷賵賳賷..丕賱亘丕丿乇賷賳賵
丕賱乇噩賱 賮賷 氐賵乇鬲賴 丕賱丕賵賱賷丞..丕賱丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷賴夭賲賴 卮賷亍
賯丕鬲賱.. 賵丿賵丿
爻丕乇賯..毓丕丿賱
丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇..噩匕丕亘
賯丕爻賷..賱胤賷賮
毓賳賷賮 ..賮丕鬲賳
鈾♀櫋丕賱毓乇賵囟 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 乇賮囟賴丕鈾♀櫋
賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 噩賲毓賴丕 賲丕乇賷賵 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丞 氐賲賵鬲丞 丨丕夭賲丞 ..鬲賮毓賱 賵 賱丕 鬲賯賵賱.. 鬲鬲賵丕囟毓 亘賱丕 鬲馗丕賴乇..鬲爻丕毓丿 亘賱丕 噩丿丕賱 ..鬲賯鬲賱 亘賱丕 賳賯丕卮..鬲丐賱賲賰 賱賱丕亘丿
丕賳賴 丕賴賲 賵 丕賳噩丨 賵 丕賰亘乇 "賰亘賷乇"丨馗賶 亘賴 丕賱丕丿亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷 ..丕賱賰亘賷乇 丕賱賲丐賴賱 賱賱亘賯丕亍 丨鬲賶 丕禺乇 賳賮爻..鬲丨賵賱 賲賳 毓丕賲賱 亘爻賷胤 賵 乇亘 丕爻乇丞 賲賳 3丕胤賮丕賱 丕賱賶 乇卅賷爻 賰賵夭丕賳賵爻鬲乇丕 賱賲 賷禺鬲乇 丕賱卮乇 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 丕賱卮乇 丕禺鬲丕乇賴 ..氐丕乇 賳賮賵匕賴 賷卮賲賱 丕賱賰賱..賲賳 丕氐睾乇 卮乇胤賷 丕賱賶 丕賴賲 賵夭賷乇
賮爻賱胤鬲賴 賲胤賱賯丞..夭毓丕賲鬲賴 賲丐賰丿丞. .賯賵鬲賴 噩毓賱鬲 賲賳賴 丕賱毓丿賵 丕賱兀爻賵兀.. 賵 丕乇賶 兀賳賴 丕爻鬲賲丿 爻賱胤鬲賴 賲賳 毓丿賲 丕賳鬲賲丕丐賴..賮胤賵丕賱 丕賱賵賯鬲 賷毓鬲亘乇 賳賮爻賴 賷丨賷丕 賵爻胤 兀噩丕賳亘. .賱丕 賷爻鬲丨賯 鬲毓丕胤賮賴 爻賵賶 丕賱賲胤丨賵賳賷賳 賲賳 丕亘賳丕亍 噩賱丿鬲賴
丕{賳丿賲鬲 賰孬賷乇丕 ..毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱毓乇丕亘 亘賴匕丕 丕賱卮賰賱 丕賱囟毓賷賮 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 丕噩賳丿 賱賴 賰賱 賲賵丕賴亘賷 丕賱丕亘丿丕毓賷丞 賮賯丿 鬲爻乇毓鬲 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴丕 賱丕爻丿丿 丿賷賵賳 丕賱賯賲丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇丕賰賲鬲 毓賱賶}!!!責責 馃槰..賲丕乇賷賵 亘賵夭賵
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賲丕賮賷丕 賰賱賲丞 丕賷胤丕賱賷丞 鬲毓賳賷 {丕賱卮噩丕毓丞 賵 丕賱丕賯丿丕賲
賵 賳丨賳 爻毓丿丕亍 丨賯丕 丕賳 賲丕乇賷賵 丕賯丿賲 賵鬲卮噩毓 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲賱丨賲鬲賴 "丕賱囟毓賷賮丞" 丕賱鬲賷 賻毓賯丿 亘賴丕 賲丐賱賮賷 丕賱賳氐賮 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳
鈾♀櫋丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 睾賮乇丕賳賴丕鈾♀櫋
鈽嗀ㄙ傌� 賲丕 賵噩丿 丕賱毓丕賲賱 丕賱亘爻賷胤 賳賮爻賴 賲氐賴賵乇丕 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱爻賮賱賷 丕賱賯匕乇 亘賮囟賱 丕賯丿丕賲賴 丕賱賲匕賴賱
賮丕賳 丕賵賱丕丿賴 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 馗賱賵丕 賷賲賳丨賵賳賴 丨賷乇丞 賵 賯賴乇丕 賲賰鬲賵賲丕
乇亘賲丕 賱賵 賰賳丕 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕禺乇 賱賰丕賳 乇亘賷亘賴 賴賵 禺賱賷賮鬲賴
賵 賱賰賳 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賳 賷乇孬 丕賱毓賯賱 賵 丕賱丨賰賲丞 賮賴賵 丕賱噩丿賷乇 亘丕賱夭毓丕賲丞 ..
丕{賱賵 賱賲 鬲丐丿 丕賱丿賵乇 亘毓馗賲丞 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賱賰賳丕 睾囟亘賳丕 毓賱賷賰 }丕
乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱賲丕賮賷丕 賱賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵
孬賱丕孬丞 賲賲孬賱賷賳 丕丿賵丕 丿賵乇 丕賱毓乇丕亘 丕賱賲賱丨賲賶
賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 ..丕氐賵賱 丕賷乇賱賳丿賷丞
乇賵亘乇鬲 丿賷賳賷乇賵..丕氐賵賱 丕賷胤丕賱賷丞
丕賱 亘丕鬲卮賷賳賵 ..賲賴丕噩乇 丕賷胤丕賱賷
丕賱丕禺乇丕噩 賴賵 丕賱丕賰爻噩賷賳 賱賱賮賷賱賲 賵 丕禺乇丕噩 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻 賮賵乇丿 賰賵亘賵賱丕 賰丕賳 丕爻胤賵乇賷丕 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賴賲 ..賵
賵 亘丿賵賳 鬲賮賰賷乇 乇丕賷賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷 丕賳 : 乇賵亘乇鬲 丿賷賳賷乇賵 賴賵 賲賳 賯亘囟 毓賱賶 乇賵丨 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 賱賱丿賵賳 .. 亘丕丿丕丐賴 丕賱亘賴賷賲賷 丕賱氐丕賲鬲 ..亘賰賱賲丕鬲賴 丕賱丕賷胤丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲賯鬲囟亘丞 賵 賵噩賴賴 丕賱禺丕賱賷 賲賳 丕賱乇鬲賵卮 ..賵 丕賱丕賴賲 賳馗乇丕鬲賴 丕賱爻丕丿賷丞 /丕賱丿賲孬丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯賮卮鬲 賲鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱鬲賰賵賷賳 ..賱匕丕 鬲賰爻亘 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲賳賴噩賷丞 賲毓賶 丿丕卅賲丕
Method Acting 馃憤
丕賱丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賴賳丕 賱睾囟亘 賱賲 鬲亘丿賷賴 丕亘丿丕 鈾♀櫋 丞鈾♀櫋
乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱毓乇丕亘 賲孬賱 毓乇賵囟 丿賵賳 賰賵乇賱賷賵賳賷 ..賱丕 賷賲賰賳 乇賮囟賴丕
丕賱賱睾丞 毓賳賷賮丞 氐丕丿賲丞 賰賲丕 賷噩亘 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳
丕賱亘賳丕亍 賲卮賵賯 賷噩亘乇賰 毓賱賶 丕賳賴丕亍賴丕
丕賱囟毓賮 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷 賵 丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 賱丿賶 丕賯賵賶 丕賱賲噩乇賲賷賳
丕丿亘 卮毓亘賷 賱賰賳 賷賳賷乇 賰卮丕賮丕 毓賱賶 毓丕賱賲 賲噩賴賵賱
丨賮賱丞 賲賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞
賱賰賳賴丕 賲丕賱賵賮丞 賱賳丕 賰丕亘賳丕亍 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賱賲鬲賵爻胤 亘卮賰賱 爻賷匕賴賱賰
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱賱亘賳丕賳賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賴賶 丕賱丕賮囟賱
鈾♀櫋丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賴賳丕 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 乇賮囟賴丕 鈾♀櫋
賵 亘丕賱胤亘毓 賲孬賱 賰賱 賰鬲丕亘 賲賲鬲丕夭 賱丕亘丿 丕賳 賷賵噩丿 賲賳 賷乇賮囟賴. .賵 丕卮賴乇 丕賱丨丕賯丿賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "賮乇丕賳賰 爻賷賳丕鬲乇丕" !! 丕賱匕賷 孬丕乇 毓賱賶 鬲丨賱賷賱 賵 鬲賯丿賷賲 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賲胤乇亘 噩賵丕賳 賮賵賳鬲丕賷賳 賮賯丿 丕賮鬲乇囟 丕賱噩賲賷毓 丕賳賴 賴賵 ..賱匕丕 丕乇丕丿 丿丨氐 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賮鬲乇丕囟 亘丕賳 賷丐丿賷 丿賵乇 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵..賱賰賳 亘賵夭賵 賵 賰賵亘賵賱丕 毓乇囟賵丕 毓賱賷賴 丿賵乇 賮賵賳鬲丕賷賳 馃槀馃槀!丕
鈾♀櫋丕賱鬲賯丿賷乇 賴賳丕 賱賵毓賵丿賰 丕賱賲丨賯賯丞鈾♀櫋
賵 賴賰匕丕 爻鬲鬲乇賰 丕賱毓乇丕亘 賵 丕賳鬲 毓丕噩夭丕 毓賳 丕賳 鬲丨亘賴 丕賵 鬲賰乇賴賴..賵 賱賰賳 丕賱賲丐賰丿 丕賳賰 賱丕 鬲鬲賲賳賶 毓丿丕賵鬲賴 賵 賱丕 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丨賰丕賷鬲賴
August 13, 2021
The Godfather (Mario Puzo's Mafia), Mario Puzo
The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丿賵丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 1992賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕乇蹖賵 倬賵夭賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丌匕乇賲蹖丿禺鬲 亘賴夭丕丿蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 毓賱賲貙 1370貨 丿乇 732氐貨 卮丕亘讴 賳丿丕乇丿貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 - 賵蹖鬲賵讴賵乇賱蹖賵賳賴 - 丿賳 賵蹖鬲賵賳賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕乇蹖賵 倬賵夭賵 - 賮乇丕賳爻蹖爻 賮賵乇丿 讴丕倬賵賱丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓賱蹖乇囟丕 卮賲蹖乇丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬丕乇蹖賳賴貙 1376貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕乇蹖賵 倬賵夭賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨噩鬲 丕賱賱賴 爻賱蹖賲丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 噩丕丿賴 丕亘乇蹖卮賲貙 1377貙 丿乇 40氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9646225322貨
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 14/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 21/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Godfather is a crime novel written by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family based in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955, and also provides the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丿賵丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 1992賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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毓賳賵丕賳: 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 - 賵蹖鬲賵讴賵乇賱蹖賵賳賴 - 丿賳 賵蹖鬲賵賳賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲丕乇蹖賵 倬賵夭賵 - 賮乇丕賳爻蹖爻 賮賵乇丿 讴丕倬賵賱丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓賱蹖乇囟丕 卮賲蹖乇丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬丕乇蹖賳賴貙 1376貨
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 14/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 21/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
June 8, 2024
English () / Italiano
New York, 1945. The Italian-American boss Vito Corleone, during the celebrations for his daughter's wedding, agrees to meet some Italian emigrants that ask for his help. Thus begins 's masterpiece, whose movie adaptation made Marlon Brando's interpretation of Don Vito famous. With a simple and straightforward style, Puzo manages to masterfully describe a series of intricate and temporally shifted events, involving the reader and maintaining high levels of suspense. It comes out the best cross-section of the Italian-American subculture never done before, and probably never equaled.
The wisdom of Don Vito Corleone is disarming, it arouses feelings of respect also in the readers, making the godfather one of the most charismatic characters ever.
Vote: 9
New York, 1945. Il boss italo-americano Vito Corleone, durante i festeggiamenti per il matrimonio della figlia, acconsente a dare udienza ad alcuni emigrati italiani che invocano il suo aiuto. Inizia cos矛 il capolavoro di , la cui trasposizione cinematografica ha reso celebre l'interpretazione di Marlon Brando nei panni di Don Vito. Con uno stile semplice ed asciutto, Puzo riesce a descrivere in maniera magistrale una serie di eventi intricati e temporalmente sfasati, coinvolgendo il lettore e mantenendo altissimi i livelli di suspense. Ne viene fuori il miglior spaccato della societ脿 italo-americana mai fatto prima, e probabilmente mai eguagliato in seguito.
La saggezza di Don Vito Corleone 猫 disarmante, suscita rispetto anche nei lettori, rendendo il padrino uno dei personaggi di finzione pi霉 carismatici di sempre.
Voto: 9
July 27, 2020
鈥溾€榌T]ell me the truth, Tom, how many men do you figure the Don killed or had killed?鈥橻Michael asked]
Tom Hagen turned away. 鈥業'll tell you one thing you didn't learn from him: talking the way you're talking now. There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.鈥�
Michael Corleone frowned. He said quietly, 鈥楢s the Consigliere, you agree that it's dangerous to the Don and our Family to let Sollozzo live?鈥�
鈥榊es,鈥� Hagen said.
鈥極K,鈥� Michael said. 鈥楾hen I have to kill him...鈥欌€�
- Mario Puzo, The Godfather
I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e had the timeless book-versus-movie argument before. Everyone has. You鈥檙e standing at the water cooler at work, and a coworker comes up to you and says 鈥淏oy, The English Patient is an excellent movie!鈥� And maybe you say something back like 鈥淢ichael Ondaatje鈥檚 Booker-Prize winning novel is far superior.鈥� At that point, your coworker calls you a 鈥減retentious snob鈥� and you respond with 鈥渟ewer-dwelling ignorance peddler.鈥� There is some cursing. Maybe someone throws water on the other. That鈥檚 the argument. It is great fun, and an eminently worthwhile way to spend the moments God gives us.
The Godfather is a great example of this type of debate. Which is better? Mario Puzo鈥檚 bestselling novel, or Francis Ford Coppola鈥檚 Academy Award-winning film?
The answer is both. Or neither. They are the same. Not just the same extremely high quality, but almost literally the same. If I were an alien visiting earth, I would believe it if someone told me that Puzo鈥檚 The Godfather was actually a novelization of Coppola鈥檚 movie. (I assume, if I were an alien visiting Earth, the topic of movie novelizations would eventually arise).
That is not the case, of course. Puzo鈥檚 novel was published in 1969. Coppola鈥檚 film came out in 1972, and spawned two sequels, one of which is worth mentioning.
At this point, The Godfather legacy is so pervasive that I feel like my job is done. Even if you haven鈥檛 read the book or seen the movie, you probably know all the plot points, character beats, and one liners. There鈥檚 nothing more to say. However, since I get paid by the word, I鈥檒l keep going.
The Godfather tells the story of the Corleone family. They are typical American strivers who immigrated from Italy, started a business selling olive oil, and are part of the Mafia. The patriarch of the family 鈥� the Godfather 鈥� is Vito Andolini Corleone, a distant and reticent man of near-omnipotent powers. He is surrounded by three sons: hotheaded Santino (Sonny); weak and obedient Frederico (Fredo); and young World War II hero Michael, who when the novel opens has never been part of 鈥渢he family business.鈥� The family鈥檚 consigliere, or advisor, is the Irish-American orphan Tom Hagan.
The novel 鈥� like the film 鈥� opens with the wedding of Don Corleone鈥檚 daughter Connie. This is an excellent device for introducing on the main characters, their roles within the hierarchy, and the Don鈥檚 far-reaching power.
(I could spend all day comparing the book to the film. I promise I won鈥檛. But I鈥檇 feel remiss if I failed to mention how much time is spent on a character named Lucy Mancini. This is one of the big differences between book and movie. In the film, we see her for a second 鈥� she is the bridesmaid with whom Sonny has sexual congress. In the novel, she is treated like a major character, even though her plot arc has nothing to do with the central narrative. And do you want to know what her plot arc is? I don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 spoiling anything by saying that it is a pelvic floor problem. Sonny, you see, was the only man with enough manhood 鈥� so to speak 鈥� to satisfy Lucy. Puzo, for reasons lost to history, decides to devote an entire section of the novel to Lucy鈥檚 pelvic floor surgery. I鈥檓 not making this up. I鈥檓 not clever enough to make this up).
The precipitating event of The Godfather is the attempted assassination of Don Corleone by an up-and-comer named Virgil 鈥渢he Turk鈥� Sollozzo, who was mad at the Don because the Don didn't join him in the heroin business. Don Corleone鈥檚 wounding puts Sonny in charge and draws Michael into the family business. I don鈥檛 need to continue with a plot summary. If you鈥檝e seen the movie, you know what happens next. If you just came out of a long hibernation, I don鈥檛 want to spoil anything.
It is worth noting, despite the comparisons I can鈥檛 help making to the movie, that this is a standalone piece of quality fiction. The characters are unforgettable, from the central figure of Don Corleone himself, who is given a lengthy flashback section (familiar to fans of The Godfather, Part II), to secondary characters such as Luca Brasi (a sort of Sicilian Keyser Soze, whose very name terrifies people) and Johnny Fontane (a Frank Sinatra stand-in, given his shot at stardom by the Don).
The plotting is excellent. The story is propulsive. This is the kind of book that needs to be taken on a long plane trip, because it really passes the time. (I had to stop reading it at bedtime, because it burned away my ZzzQuil haze).
The writing, especially the dialogue 鈥� which has become part of American pop culture 鈥� is excellent. And worth sharing.
For instance, the Godfather has some Godfatherly advice on the value of friends:
There is also some excellent guidance on the importance of a personal touch:
Coppola鈥檚 films resonate because they play on the hoary old tropes of the American Dream. The Corleone family is the archetypical immigrant clan that comes to the United States and makes good. The sly subversion, of course, is that they make good by controlling the unions and bookmaking.
In the film, it鈥檚 easy to get behind the Corleone family as the 鈥済ood guys鈥� while the other Mafia families are the 鈥渂ad guys.鈥� You cheer for Al Pacino because he鈥檚 Al Pacino (鈥淗oo-ah!鈥�). At the same time, the film鈥檚 moral compass 鈥� Diane Keaton鈥檚 Kay Adams 鈥� is given the role of wet blanket, nagging and prying and generally taking time away from the kinetic scenes of gangland mayhem.
There are elements of that theme in Puzo鈥檚 novel, but I found the main thread here to be much darker, more brooding, and far less certain that all these people we鈥檝e followed are worthy of the attention. Puzo opens The Godfather with a quote from Balzac: 鈥淏ehind every great fortune there is a crime." Then he sets out to give you Exhibit A. He certainly baits you into siding with his protagonists early in the novel. By the end, however, he makes clear that the Corleones are not heroes, but criminals, and that there is a price they鈥檒l have to pay for everything that they鈥檝e done.
Tom Hagen turned away. 鈥業'll tell you one thing you didn't learn from him: talking the way you're talking now. There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget it.鈥�
Michael Corleone frowned. He said quietly, 鈥楢s the Consigliere, you agree that it's dangerous to the Don and our Family to let Sollozzo live?鈥�
鈥榊es,鈥� Hagen said.
鈥極K,鈥� Michael said. 鈥楾hen I have to kill him...鈥欌€�
- Mario Puzo, The Godfather
I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e had the timeless book-versus-movie argument before. Everyone has. You鈥檙e standing at the water cooler at work, and a coworker comes up to you and says 鈥淏oy, The English Patient is an excellent movie!鈥� And maybe you say something back like 鈥淢ichael Ondaatje鈥檚 Booker-Prize winning novel is far superior.鈥� At that point, your coworker calls you a 鈥減retentious snob鈥� and you respond with 鈥渟ewer-dwelling ignorance peddler.鈥� There is some cursing. Maybe someone throws water on the other. That鈥檚 the argument. It is great fun, and an eminently worthwhile way to spend the moments God gives us.
The Godfather is a great example of this type of debate. Which is better? Mario Puzo鈥檚 bestselling novel, or Francis Ford Coppola鈥檚 Academy Award-winning film?
The answer is both. Or neither. They are the same. Not just the same extremely high quality, but almost literally the same. If I were an alien visiting earth, I would believe it if someone told me that Puzo鈥檚 The Godfather was actually a novelization of Coppola鈥檚 movie. (I assume, if I were an alien visiting Earth, the topic of movie novelizations would eventually arise).
That is not the case, of course. Puzo鈥檚 novel was published in 1969. Coppola鈥檚 film came out in 1972, and spawned two sequels, one of which is worth mentioning.
At this point, The Godfather legacy is so pervasive that I feel like my job is done. Even if you haven鈥檛 read the book or seen the movie, you probably know all the plot points, character beats, and one liners. There鈥檚 nothing more to say. However, since I get paid by the word, I鈥檒l keep going.
The Godfather tells the story of the Corleone family. They are typical American strivers who immigrated from Italy, started a business selling olive oil, and are part of the Mafia. The patriarch of the family 鈥� the Godfather 鈥� is Vito Andolini Corleone, a distant and reticent man of near-omnipotent powers. He is surrounded by three sons: hotheaded Santino (Sonny); weak and obedient Frederico (Fredo); and young World War II hero Michael, who when the novel opens has never been part of 鈥渢he family business.鈥� The family鈥檚 consigliere, or advisor, is the Irish-American orphan Tom Hagan.
The novel 鈥� like the film 鈥� opens with the wedding of Don Corleone鈥檚 daughter Connie. This is an excellent device for introducing on the main characters, their roles within the hierarchy, and the Don鈥檚 far-reaching power.
(I could spend all day comparing the book to the film. I promise I won鈥檛. But I鈥檇 feel remiss if I failed to mention how much time is spent on a character named Lucy Mancini. This is one of the big differences between book and movie. In the film, we see her for a second 鈥� she is the bridesmaid with whom Sonny has sexual congress. In the novel, she is treated like a major character, even though her plot arc has nothing to do with the central narrative. And do you want to know what her plot arc is? I don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 spoiling anything by saying that it is a pelvic floor problem. Sonny, you see, was the only man with enough manhood 鈥� so to speak 鈥� to satisfy Lucy. Puzo, for reasons lost to history, decides to devote an entire section of the novel to Lucy鈥檚 pelvic floor surgery. I鈥檓 not making this up. I鈥檓 not clever enough to make this up).
The precipitating event of The Godfather is the attempted assassination of Don Corleone by an up-and-comer named Virgil 鈥渢he Turk鈥� Sollozzo, who was mad at the Don because the Don didn't join him in the heroin business. Don Corleone鈥檚 wounding puts Sonny in charge and draws Michael into the family business. I don鈥檛 need to continue with a plot summary. If you鈥檝e seen the movie, you know what happens next. If you just came out of a long hibernation, I don鈥檛 want to spoil anything.
It is worth noting, despite the comparisons I can鈥檛 help making to the movie, that this is a standalone piece of quality fiction. The characters are unforgettable, from the central figure of Don Corleone himself, who is given a lengthy flashback section (familiar to fans of The Godfather, Part II), to secondary characters such as Luca Brasi (a sort of Sicilian Keyser Soze, whose very name terrifies people) and Johnny Fontane (a Frank Sinatra stand-in, given his shot at stardom by the Don).
The plotting is excellent. The story is propulsive. This is the kind of book that needs to be taken on a long plane trip, because it really passes the time. (I had to stop reading it at bedtime, because it burned away my ZzzQuil haze).
The writing, especially the dialogue 鈥� which has become part of American pop culture 鈥� is excellent. And worth sharing.
For instance, the Godfather has some Godfatherly advice on the value of friends:
鈥淔riendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that. If you had built up a wall of friendships you wouldn鈥檛 have to ask me to help.鈥�
There is also some excellent guidance on the importance of a personal touch:
鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 let that broken jaw influence you,鈥� Hagen said. 鈥淢cCluskey is a stupid man, and it was business, not personal.鈥�
For the second time he saw Michael Corleone鈥檚 face freeze into a mask that resembled uncannily the Don鈥檚. 鈥淭om, don鈥檛 let anybody kid you. It鈥檚 all personal, every bit of business. Every piece of shit every man has to eat every day of his life is personal. They call it business. OK. But it鈥檚 personal as hell. You know where I learned that from? The Don. My old man. The Godfather. If a bolt of lightning hit a friend of his the old man would take it personal鈥hat鈥檚 what makes him great鈥e takes everything personal. Like God. He knows every feather that falls from the tail of a sparrow or however the hell it goes. Right? And you know something? Accidents don鈥檛 happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult. So I came late, OK, but I鈥檓 coming all the way鈥︹€�
Coppola鈥檚 films resonate because they play on the hoary old tropes of the American Dream. The Corleone family is the archetypical immigrant clan that comes to the United States and makes good. The sly subversion, of course, is that they make good by controlling the unions and bookmaking.
In the film, it鈥檚 easy to get behind the Corleone family as the 鈥済ood guys鈥� while the other Mafia families are the 鈥渂ad guys.鈥� You cheer for Al Pacino because he鈥檚 Al Pacino (鈥淗oo-ah!鈥�). At the same time, the film鈥檚 moral compass 鈥� Diane Keaton鈥檚 Kay Adams 鈥� is given the role of wet blanket, nagging and prying and generally taking time away from the kinetic scenes of gangland mayhem.
There are elements of that theme in Puzo鈥檚 novel, but I found the main thread here to be much darker, more brooding, and far less certain that all these people we鈥檝e followed are worthy of the attention. Puzo opens The Godfather with a quote from Balzac: 鈥淏ehind every great fortune there is a crime." Then he sets out to give you Exhibit A. He certainly baits you into siding with his protagonists early in the novel. By the end, however, he makes clear that the Corleones are not heroes, but criminals, and that there is a price they鈥檒l have to pay for everything that they鈥檝e done.
April 13, 2012
Indeed, dear reader, I did not hate The Godfather. I h-aa-ted it.
How much did I hate it? Well I could start with a long dissemination of Mario Puzo's simplistic and repetitive prose. Puzo seems to think the reader needs a reminder of plot points that occured ten pages ago, and that unnecessarily drawing out an obvious reveal by splitting it up into three points of view counts as suspense.
Or I could give you a thorough cataloguing of how very poser-y The Godfather, with its bombastic ideas of masculinity and supposed gritty crime plotlines. And yet for moral convenience, the only people we see the Corleone Family harm are fellow mobsters they are at "war" with (and somehow the Corleones are never the instigators) or else, terrible human beings who are child molesters (I'm not kidding).
I have an essay on my hard drive about how the worship of this book and the character of Vito Corleone is misguided, as he better represents the utter failure of the American Dream and its corruption of true values... that is if one takes Puzo's vision seriously at all, which one really shouldn't, as it is just another weak attempt at the myth of the Single Man, as well as obviously only prodding history for hopefully salacious material, rather than having an insight into the times.
And I could talk on forever about the greatest myth of Puzo's "history" is his adherance to the Madonna-Whore view of his female characters, only slightly amended more specifically in Puzo's case to the Long-Suffering-Wife (Whose-Willingfully-Ignorant-Devotion-To-Her-Husband-Is-Only-Matched-By-Her-Spiritual-Devotion-To-Praying-For-His-Soul) and the Body, of which there are two subtypes, the Vagina (Woman-Who-Only-Exists-As-A-Sexual-Object) and the Victim (Woman-Who-Exists-As-A-Punching-Bag-Usually-For-Plot-Device-Purposes).
But really that would involve spending more time about thinking about this truly wretched book, and really just this*:
There's a whole character in this book-- a secondary character who gets several chapters devoted to PoV-- who is defined by her gaping vagina. Yes, literally. Her whole character is about her large vagina. We get a whole decades-spanning arc about her large vagina, because really, what else could possibly be more riveting about any woman? What other possible characteristics could any woman have that would be more important than that?
Do I really need to say more?
*It was this or an haiku about watching the pages burn, but I don't believe in book burning and I could never top Bradbury anyway, so this is what you get instead.
How much did I hate it? Well I could start with a long dissemination of Mario Puzo's simplistic and repetitive prose. Puzo seems to think the reader needs a reminder of plot points that occured ten pages ago, and that unnecessarily drawing out an obvious reveal by splitting it up into three points of view counts as suspense.
Or I could give you a thorough cataloguing of how very poser-y The Godfather, with its bombastic ideas of masculinity and supposed gritty crime plotlines. And yet for moral convenience, the only people we see the Corleone Family harm are fellow mobsters they are at "war" with (and somehow the Corleones are never the instigators) or else, terrible human beings who are child molesters (I'm not kidding).
I have an essay on my hard drive about how the worship of this book and the character of Vito Corleone is misguided, as he better represents the utter failure of the American Dream and its corruption of true values... that is if one takes Puzo's vision seriously at all, which one really shouldn't, as it is just another weak attempt at the myth of the Single Man, as well as obviously only prodding history for hopefully salacious material, rather than having an insight into the times.
And I could talk on forever about the greatest myth of Puzo's "history" is his adherance to the Madonna-Whore view of his female characters, only slightly amended more specifically in Puzo's case to the Long-Suffering-Wife (Whose-Willingfully-Ignorant-Devotion-To-Her-Husband-Is-Only-Matched-By-Her-Spiritual-Devotion-To-Praying-For-His-Soul) and the Body, of which there are two subtypes, the Vagina (Woman-Who-Only-Exists-As-A-Sexual-Object) and the Victim (Woman-Who-Exists-As-A-Punching-Bag-Usually-For-Plot-Device-Purposes).
But really that would involve spending more time about thinking about this truly wretched book, and really just this*:
There's a whole character in this book-- a secondary character who gets several chapters devoted to PoV-- who is defined by her gaping vagina. Yes, literally. Her whole character is about her large vagina. We get a whole decades-spanning arc about her large vagina, because really, what else could possibly be more riveting about any woman? What other possible characteristics could any woman have that would be more important than that?
Do I really need to say more?
*It was this or an haiku about watching the pages burn, but I don't believe in book burning and I could never top Bradbury anyway, so this is what you get instead.
July 12, 2022
Qu茅 manera de Puzo de construir a sus personajes, una trama que te envuelve y te sumerge en lo m谩s profundo del mundo de la mafia. Un librazo.
April 17, 2024
鈥淭ell my father I wish to be his son." -Michael Corleone
This is the line that won me over!
Edited@15/04/2019:
GR ate my review!!! I can't fucking believe it!!! *sobs*
*re-write review is in order.......hopefully.*
Here is a few reasons why I put The Godfather in such a high place:
(1) The characters are entirely seductive, likable and engaging despite most of them being Mafia. It has been a long time since I last saw seductive characters like this from We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
(2) The storyline is intensive, believable and it can keep you at the edge of your seat for almost a whole book.
They were those rarities, men who had refused to accept the rule of organized society, men who refused the dominion of other men. There was no force, no mortal man who could bend them to their will unless they wished it. They were men who guarded their free will with wiles and murder.
(3) It's one hell of a great family saga, and you can actually see the 1950s post-war Italian community in the USA of that time.
(4) Okay........I'm not amused by how female characters got shoved into tiny boxes of being obedient wives, mothers and daughters, whilst men make all the decisions but for the awesomeness of the story, I can forgive this flaw.
(5) Talking about men making all the decisions, the entire story is masculine in an amazing way which actually shows the male main characters' worldview, it also shows us a group of men surviving, reacting and actually finding success and revenge in the harsh world they live in.
Edited@11/12/2020: It is the first time I read The Godfather in English and I'm once again impressed by the good writing and the sense of satire! Great job Mr. Puzo. Although I just admit the subplot about Johnny and Lucy and all these Hollywood monkey business is pretty much a drag. Haaahaaha.
January 5, 2021
The godfather of mafia fiction... the seminal gangster read! The stories of the first family of American mafia fiction, the Corleones. A tale of honour, tradition, blood, sweat, brutality and bullets. Family. Power. Tradition. The Godfather. Should be on everyone's must-read list, period! Puzo's saga of the life and times of Don Corleone and his Family鈥� simply the most popular Mafia tale ever written! Broken into chapters focusing on different 'family' members and told out of time, with the main story set in the present interspersed with back stories. An absorbing read, though in my case, my very high expectations were never going to be truly met. 7 out of 12. But take note, this was first published in 1969!!!!!
October 29, 2021
倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲賳爻噩賲 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賯賵蹖 賵 蹖讴 禺胤 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 賳爻亘鬲丕 賲卮禺氐 賵賱蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 噩匕丕亘 賲蹖 亘丕卮丿 讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 賮蹖賱賲 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丨丕氐賱 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲卮賴賵乇鬲乇 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賴爻鬲 . 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 賲丨丕賱 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘禺賵丕賳丿 賵 亘賴 賴賳诏丕賲 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丿蹖丕賱賵诏賴丕蹖 丿賳 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 蹖丕 夭賲丕賳 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 诏賮鬲诏賵賴丕蹖 賲丕蹖讴賱 亘賴 蹖丕丿 丌賱 倬丕趩蹖賳賵 賳蹖賮鬲丿 . 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 鬲毓丿丕丿蹖 爻蹖爻蹖賱蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 亘賳丕 亘賴 丿賱丕蹖賱蹖 讴賴 亘毓丿賴丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨 丿丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 亘賴 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 诏賵蹖丕 丕蹖賳 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 賲丕賮蹖丕 蹖丕 賳賵卅爻鬲乇丕讴賵夭丕 乇丕 賴賲 亘丕 禺賵丿 丕夭 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖 毓賯亘 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 丌賳 夭賲丕賳 ( 丕賵丕蹖賱 賯乇賳 亘蹖爻鬲賲 ) 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲賴 丌賵乇丿賴 丕賳丿 . 丕蹖賳 丕賮乇丕丿 丿乇 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 賲丨賱賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 爻丕禺鬲賴 丕賳丿 賵 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 乇爻賲 賵 乇爻賵賲 乇賵爻鬲丕 賵 卮賴乇賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲蹖 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 丨丕賱 丿丕乇賳丿 丿乇 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 賵 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳丕賳 亘賴 倬賱蹖爻 丕毓鬲賲丕丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 賵 丿乇 毓賵囟 賳賵毓蹖 亘丕噩 亘賴 丕賮乇丕丿 亘丕 賳賮賵匕 賲丨賱 禺賵丿 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賳丿 讴賴 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇 禺賱丕賮讴丕乇丕賳 丨賲丕蹖鬲 讴賳賳丿 . 賵 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 倬丕蹖賴 賵 亘賳丕蹖 亘丕賳丿賴丕蹖 賲丕賮蹖丕 爻倬爻 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕蹖 賲丕賮蹖丕蹖蹖 賵 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 倬丿乇禺賵丕賳丿赖 诏匕丕卮鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 賵 賲丕賳賳丿 賵蹖乇賵爻 丕賵賱 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賴丕 賵 賲丨賱賴 賴丕 貙 亘毓丿 卮賴乇賴丕 賵 丌禺乇 爻乇 丿乇 讴賱 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 賵 卮丕蹖丿 爻乇丕爻乇 噩賴丕賳 倬禺卮 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 貙 讴賲 讴賲 讴賳鬲乇賱 賲乇丕讴夭 倬賵賱 爻丕夭 貙 賲孬賱賴 賴鬲賱 賴丕 貙 讴丕亘丕乇賴 賴丕 貙 讴丕夭蹖賳賵賴丕 貙 賯賲丕乇禺丕賳賴 賴丕 貙 禺丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 賮爻丕丿 乇丕 丿乇 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 诏蹖乇賳丿 貙 賵 乇賵爻丕蹖 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 禺丕賳 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 貙 賮蹖賱賲 賵 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 噩丕 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 禺丕賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 卮丕賴讴丕乇 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 乇賵爻丕蹖 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 禺賱丕賮讴丕乇 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 丕爻鬲 亘丕 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 鬲噩丕乇鬲 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 丿乇 賲賳胤賯賴 禺賵丿 乇賵亘乇賵 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 亘賴 賳馗乇 禺丕賳 蹖讴 賲乇丿 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 倬賵賱 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 賴乇 讴丕乇蹖 亘丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿 賵 賳賵毓 丌賳 賲賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賵賱蹖 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 責 賳賴 賵丕賯毓丕 讴丕乇 夭卮鬲蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 !
賵 丕蹖賳 爻乇 丌睾丕夭蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 讴卮鬲丕乇 亘蹖賳 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 貙 鬲蹖乇 禺賵乇丿賳 賵 夭禺賲蹖 卮丿賳 禺丕賳 貙 倬丕蹖 倬賱蹖爻 賴賲 亘賴 賯囟蹖賴 鬲乇賵乇 禺丕賳 亘丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕蹖讴賱 倬爻乇 賲賵丿亘 賵 鬲丨氐蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 禺丕賳 貙 倬賱蹖爻 賮丕爻丿 乇丕 讴卮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 賵 爻蹖爻蹖賱 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 爻倬爻 賴賲 夭賲丕賳 亘丕 賯鬲賱 賵 毓丕賲 丕賮乇丕丿 賵丕亘爻鬲賴 亘賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕蹖 禺賱丕賮 讴丕乇 貙 爻丕賳蹖 倬爻乇 亘夭乇诏 賵 禺卮賳 賵亘蹖 毓賯賱 禺丕賳 ( 亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 噩蹖賲夭 讴丕賳 ) 賴賲 丿乇 蹖讴 鬲賵胤卅賴 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 禺丕賳 讴賴 丌卮讴丕乇丕 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賴 丕夭 倬爻乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕蹖乇賱賳丿蹖 禺賵丿貙 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 (亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕亘乇鬲 丿賵賵丕賱 ) 讴賴 亘賴 賮乇夭賳丿蹖 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賴 賵 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 亘賴 丌賳 讴丕賳爻蹖賱蹖乇 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 賲卮丕賵乇 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿 禺賵丕賴丕賳 亘乇诏匕丕乇蹖 噩賱爻賴 丌卮鬲蹖 讴賳丕賳 亘丕 乇賵爻丕蹖 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕蹖 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 丨丕賱丕 賴乇 讴丿丕賲 丿丕睾丿丕乇 毓夭蹖夭 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴 丕蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 禺丕賳 亘丕 賵爻丕胤鬲 丿賳 亘丕乇夭蹖賳蹖 讴賴 乇蹖蹖爻 賲噩賲毓 賵 亘夭乇诏 禺賱丕賮 讴丕乇賴丕 賴爻鬲 亘賴 賲氐丕賱丨賴 亘丕 爻乇丕賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕 賲蹖乇爻丿 賵賱蹖 賲噩亘賵乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲噩丕乇鬲 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 乇丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 讴賳丿 貙 丿賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 噩爻賲蹖 賵 乇賵丨蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 囟毓蹖賮 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕丿丕乇賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 亘賴 賲丕蹖讴賱 讴賴 丕夭 鬲亘毓蹖丿 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 亘乇诏卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 爻倬乇丿賴 賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 丌賲丕丿賴 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 賲丕蹖讴賱 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 胤亘賯 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 禺賵丿 讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺卮賳鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 倬丿乇 賴爻鬲 丕丿丕乇賴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 讴賲蹖 倬爻 丕夭 賮賵鬲 禺丕賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 貙 丌賲丕丿賴 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 丕夭 賴乇 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 賲丕蹖讴賱 乇賵爻丕蹖 賴乇 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賵 丿賳 亘丕乇夭蹖賳蹖 賮丕爻丿 乇丕 賲蹖 讴卮丿 賵 爻倬爻 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 禺賵丕賴乇夭丕丿賴 禺賵丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 賵 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 賲蹖乇賵丿 卮賵賴乇 禺賵丕賴乇 禺丕卅賳 賵 倬丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賳賵夭丕丿 睾爻賱 鬲賲毓蹖丿 丿丕丿賴 卮丿賴 乇丕 賴賲 亘賴 噩乇賲 丿爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 丿乇 鬲賵胤卅賴 賯鬲賱 爻丕賳蹖 亘乇丕丿乇 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 讴卮鬲賴 賵 爻倬爻 禺賵丿 亘賴 賲賯丕賲 倬丿乇禺賵丕賳丿赖 貙 禺丕賳 賵 丿賳 賲蹖乇爻丿 賵 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 讴鬲丕亘 賵 賮蹖賱賲 賴賲 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖乇爻賳丿 .
賴賲 讴鬲丕亘 賵 賴賲 賮蹖賱賲 卮丕賴讴丕乇賴丕蹖 亘蹖 賲丕賳賳丿蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 诏賮鬲 讴賴 讴丿丕賲 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賴鬲乇 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丕賲丕 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 蹖丕 丌賯丕蹖 賵讴蹖賱 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 卮禺氐蹖鬲 毓賲蹖賯鬲乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 賮蹖賱賲 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 爻丕夭蹖 丌賳賴丕 夭蹖丕丿 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
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讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 讴鬲丕亘 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖 卮乇賵乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 毓胤卮 賵 賲蹖賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 讴卮鬲賳 夭蹖丕丿 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丌賳賴丕 賲賳胤賯 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨讴賮乇賲丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕诏乇 讴賱賴 丕爻亘 丿乇 鬲禺鬲 禺賵丕亘 噩讴 賵賱鬲夭 讴賱賴 诏賳丿賴 賲毓乇賵賮 賴丕賱蹖賵賵丿 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇賳丿 毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 賲爻丕卅賱 讴丕乇蹖 貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 乇丕亘胤賴 丕賵 亘丕 丕胤賮丕賱 賴賲 賴爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 丕禺賱丕賯 诏乇丕 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 丕禺賱丕賯 诏乇丕 讴賴 丨丕囟乇 賳賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵丕乇丿 讴丕乇 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 卮賵賳丿 賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 夭賵乇 丿蹖诏乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕 賲噩亘賵乇 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 亘賴 亘趩賴 賴丕 賲賵丕丿 賳賲蹖 賮乇賵卮賳丿 . 丌賳賴丕 賲賳胤賯蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 賲賳胤賯蹖 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘賵賳丕爻乇丕 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 卮乇賮 禺賵丿 賲賵乇丿 囟乇亘 賵 卮鬲賲 卮丿蹖丿 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賴 貙 丕夭 禺丕賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 禺賵丕爻鬲丕乇 毓丿丕賱鬲 賵 丕毓丿丕賲 賲爻亘亘蹖賳 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 讴賴 亘賴 丨讴賲 丿丕丿诏丕賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丌夭丕丿 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 禺丕賳 賳賲蹖 倬匕蹖乇丿 讴賴 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵 噩夭丕蹖 囟乇亘 賵 卮鬲賲 丕毓丿丕賲 貙 丌丿賲 讴卮蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 賮乇賯 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘丕 爻蹖丕爻鬲賲丿丕乇丕賳 貙 賯丕囟蹖 賴丕 蹖丕 倬賱蹖爻 賴丕 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 诏蹖乇賲 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 乇讴 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 乇賵 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 丕毓鬲賲丕丿蹖 亘賴 噩丕賲毓賴 賵 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丌賳 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丕噩丿丕丿 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 爻蹖爻蹖賱 蹖丕 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 亘丕乇賴丕 賲賵乇丿 爻鬲賲 賵鬲毓丿蹖 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 賴蹖趩 賯丕賳賵賳蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賳讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 . 丌賳賴丕 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿丕乇賳丿 貙 賯賵丕賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖丕 丿賵賱鬲 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳 毓丕丿蹖 乇丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 賯賵丕賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕夭 氐賱丨 賵 亘丕夭乇诏丕賳蹖 丌夭丕丿 丿賮丕毓 賲蹖 讴賳丿 .
亘乇禺賱丕賮 丿賵賱鬲賴丕 貙丿乇 賯丕賲賵爻 賵 賮乇賴賳诏 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 讴卮鬲賳 亘趩賴 賴丕 賵 夭賳丕賳 蹖丕 丕賮乇丕丿 睾蹖乇 賳馗丕賲蹖 賴蹖趩 噩丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 賵賯鬲 氐乇賮 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 亘賴 賯丕賳賵賳 禺賵丿 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇賳丿 讴賴 讴丕賳爻賱蹖乇 蹖丕 賲卮丕賵乇 倬爻 丕夭 禺丕賳 賳賮乇 丿賵賲 胤丕蹖賮賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺丕賳 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 讴丕賳爻賱蹖乇賵 賲卮丕賵乇賵蹖鬲賵 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 賳賴 丕蹖賳 讴賴 亘丿 亘丕卮丿 貙 賳賴 . 賮賯胤 丕賵 爻蹖爻蹖賱蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 丿乇 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 亘丕 丿賵賱鬲賴丕 蹖丕 亘丕賳讴賴丕蹖 賲乇讴夭蹖 蹖丕 丿丕丿诏爻鬲乇蹖 卮乇丕乇鬲 讴賲鬲乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 賳賴 倬賵賱 亘丿賵賳 倬卮鬲賵丕賳賴 趩丕倬 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 賳賴 亘丕 丕蹖噩丕丿 鬲賵乇賲 讴爻乇蹖 亘賵丿噩賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 噩蹖亘 賲乇丿賲 毓賲賵賲丕 鬲賴蹖 丿爻鬲 噩亘乇丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 賳賴 鬲丨乇蹖賲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丌賳賯丿乇 賴賲 毓賯賱 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 鬲丨乇蹖賲 賳卮賵賳丿 . 丌賳賴丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 倬賱蹖爻 丕賲賳蹖鬲 鬲丕賲蹖賳 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丿丕賵乇蹖 丌賳賴丕 丕夭 丨購讴賲 賯囟丕鬲 毓丕丿賱丕賳賴 鬲乇 賵 賲噩丕夭丕鬲 丌賳賴丕 賴賲 賲賳氐賮丕賳賴 鬲乇 丕爻鬲 . 賳賴 ... 丌賳賴丕 丕氐賱丕 卮乇賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 .
賵 丕蹖賳 爻乇 丌睾丕夭蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 讴卮鬲丕乇 亘蹖賳 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 貙 鬲蹖乇 禺賵乇丿賳 賵 夭禺賲蹖 卮丿賳 禺丕賳 貙 倬丕蹖 倬賱蹖爻 賴賲 亘賴 賯囟蹖賴 鬲乇賵乇 禺丕賳 亘丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕蹖讴賱 倬爻乇 賲賵丿亘 賵 鬲丨氐蹖賱 讴乇丿賴 禺丕賳 貙 倬賱蹖爻 賮丕爻丿 乇丕 讴卮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 賵 爻蹖爻蹖賱 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 爻倬爻 賴賲 夭賲丕賳 亘丕 賯鬲賱 賵 毓丕賲 丕賮乇丕丿 賵丕亘爻鬲賴 亘賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕蹖 禺賱丕賮 讴丕乇 貙 爻丕賳蹖 倬爻乇 亘夭乇诏 賵 禺卮賳 賵亘蹖 毓賯賱 禺丕賳 ( 亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 噩蹖賲夭 讴丕賳 ) 賴賲 丿乇 蹖讴 鬲賵胤卅賴 讴卮鬲賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 禺丕賳 讴賴 丌卮讴丕乇丕 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賴 丕夭 倬爻乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕蹖乇賱賳丿蹖 禺賵丿貙 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 (亘丕 亘丕夭蹖 乇丕亘乇鬲 丿賵賵丕賱 ) 讴賴 亘賴 賮乇夭賳丿蹖 倬匕蹖乇賮鬲賴 賵 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕蹖蹖 亘賴 丌賳 讴丕賳爻蹖賱蹖乇 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 賲卮丕賵乇 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿 禺賵丕賴丕賳 亘乇诏匕丕乇蹖 噩賱爻賴 丌卮鬲蹖 讴賳丕賳 亘丕 乇賵爻丕蹖 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕蹖 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 丨丕賱丕 賴乇 讴丿丕賲 丿丕睾丿丕乇 毓夭蹖夭 丕夭 丿爻鬲 乇賮鬲賴 丕蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 禺丕賳 亘丕 賵爻丕胤鬲 丿賳 亘丕乇夭蹖賳蹖 讴賴 乇蹖蹖爻 賲噩賲毓 賵 亘夭乇诏 禺賱丕賮 讴丕乇賴丕 賴爻鬲 亘賴 賲氐丕賱丨賴 亘丕 爻乇丕賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕 賲蹖乇爻丿 賵賱蹖 賲噩亘賵乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲噩丕乇鬲 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 乇丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 讴賳丿 貙 丿賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 噩爻賲蹖 賵 乇賵丨蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 囟毓蹖賮 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕丿丕乇賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 亘賴 賲丕蹖讴賱 讴賴 丕夭 鬲亘毓蹖丿 丿乇 丕蹖鬲丕賱蹖丕 亘乇诏卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 爻倬乇丿賴 賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 丌賲丕丿賴 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 賲丕蹖讴賱 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 胤亘賯 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 禺賵丿 讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 禺卮賳鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 倬丿乇 賴爻鬲 丕丿丕乇賴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 讴賲蹖 倬爻 丕夭 賮賵鬲 禺丕賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 貙 丌賲丕丿賴 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 丕夭 賴乇 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 賲丕蹖讴賱 乇賵爻丕蹖 賴乇 倬賳噩 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賵 丿賳 亘丕乇夭蹖賳蹖 賮丕爻丿 乇丕 賲蹖 讴卮丿 賵 爻倬爻 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 讴賱蹖爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 禺賵丕賴乇夭丕丿賴 禺賵丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖 丌蹖丿 賵 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 賲蹖乇賵丿 卮賵賴乇 禺賵丕賴乇 禺丕卅賳 賵 倬丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賳賵夭丕丿 睾爻賱 鬲賲毓蹖丿 丿丕丿賴 卮丿賴 乇丕 賴賲 亘賴 噩乇賲 丿爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳 丿乇 鬲賵胤卅賴 賯鬲賱 爻丕賳蹖 亘乇丕丿乇 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 讴卮鬲賴 賵 爻倬爻 禺賵丿 亘賴 賲賯丕賲 倬丿乇禺賵丕賳丿赖 貙 禺丕賳 賵 丿賳 賲蹖乇爻丿 賵 丕蹖賳 诏賵賳賴 讴鬲丕亘 賵 賮蹖賱賲 賴賲 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 賲蹖乇爻賳丿 .
賴賲 讴鬲丕亘 賵 賴賲 賮蹖賱賲 卮丕賴讴丕乇賴丕蹖 亘蹖 賲丕賳賳丿蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 诏賮鬲 讴賴 讴丿丕賲 丕夭 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賴鬲乇 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丕賲丕 賲賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 貙 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 禺氐賵氐 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 蹖丕 丌賯丕蹖 賵讴蹖賱 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 卮禺氐蹖鬲 毓賲蹖賯鬲乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 賮蹖賱賲 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 爻丕夭蹖 丌賳賴丕 夭蹖丕丿 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
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讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 讴鬲丕亘 倬丿乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖 卮乇賵乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 毓胤卮 賵 賲蹖賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 讴卮鬲賳 夭蹖丕丿 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丌賳賴丕 賲賳胤賯 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨讴賮乇賲丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕诏乇 讴賱賴 丕爻亘 丿乇 鬲禺鬲 禺賵丕亘 噩讴 賵賱鬲夭 讴賱賴 诏賳丿賴 賲毓乇賵賮 賴丕賱蹖賵賵丿 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇賳丿 毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 賲爻丕卅賱 讴丕乇蹖 貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 乇丕亘胤賴 丕賵 亘丕 丕胤賮丕賱 賴賲 賴爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 丕禺賱丕賯 诏乇丕 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 丕禺賱丕賯 诏乇丕 讴賴 丨丕囟乇 賳賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵丕乇丿 讴丕乇 賲賵丕丿 賲禺丿乇 卮賵賳丿 賵 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 夭賵乇 丿蹖诏乇 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴丕 賲噩亘賵乇 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 亘賴 亘趩賴 賴丕 賲賵丕丿 賳賲蹖 賮乇賵卮賳丿 . 丌賳賴丕 賲賳胤賯蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 賲賳胤賯蹖 讴賴 賴賳诏丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘賵賳丕爻乇丕 讴賴 丿禺鬲乇卮 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 卮乇賮 禺賵丿 賲賵乇丿 囟乇亘 賵 卮鬲賲 卮丿蹖丿 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賴 貙 丕夭 禺丕賳 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 禺賵丕爻鬲丕乇 毓丿丕賱鬲 賵 丕毓丿丕賲 賲爻亘亘蹖賳 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 讴賴 亘賴 丨讴賲 丿丕丿诏丕賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丌夭丕丿 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 禺丕賳 賳賲蹖 倬匕蹖乇丿 讴賴 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕賵 噩夭丕蹖 囟乇亘 賵 卮鬲賲 丕毓丿丕賲 貙 丌丿賲 讴卮蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 賮乇賯 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘丕 爻蹖丕爻鬲賲丿丕乇丕賳 貙 賯丕囟蹖 賴丕 蹖丕 倬賱蹖爻 賴丕 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 诏蹖乇賲 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 乇讴 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 乇賵 亘丕夭蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 丕毓鬲賲丕丿蹖 亘賴 噩丕賲毓賴 賵 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丌賳 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丕噩丿丕丿 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 爻蹖爻蹖賱 蹖丕 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 亘丕乇賴丕 賲賵乇丿 爻鬲賲 賵鬲毓丿蹖 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 賴蹖趩 賯丕賳賵賳蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賳讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿 . 丌賳賴丕 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 丿丕乇賳丿 貙 賯賵丕賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖丕 丿賵賱鬲 卮賴乇賵賳丿丕賳 毓丕丿蹖 乇丕 丨賲丕蹖鬲 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 賯賵丕賳蹖賳蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕夭 氐賱丨 賵 亘丕夭乇诏丕賳蹖 丌夭丕丿 丿賮丕毓 賲蹖 讴賳丿 .
亘乇禺賱丕賮 丿賵賱鬲賴丕 貙丿乇 賯丕賲賵爻 賵 賮乇賴賳诏 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 讴卮鬲賳 亘趩賴 賴丕 賵 夭賳丕賳 蹖丕 丕賮乇丕丿 睾蹖乇 賳馗丕賲蹖 賴蹖趩 噩丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 賵賯鬲 氐乇賮 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 禺賵丿 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳賯丿乇 亘賴 賯丕賳賵賳 禺賵丿 丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賲蹖 诏匕丕乇賳丿 讴賴 讴丕賳爻賱蹖乇 蹖丕 賲卮丕賵乇 倬爻 丕夭 禺丕賳 賳賮乇 丿賵賲 胤丕蹖賮賴 丕爻鬲 貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 禺丕賳 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 鬲丕賲 賴蹖诏賳 讴丕賳爻賱蹖乇賵 賲卮丕賵乇賵蹖鬲賵 讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 賳賴 丕蹖賳 讴賴 亘丿 亘丕卮丿 貙 賳賴 . 賮賯胤 丕賵 爻蹖爻蹖賱蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 .
讴賵乇賱卅賵賳賴 賴丕 丿乇 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 亘丕 丿賵賱鬲賴丕 蹖丕 亘丕賳讴賴丕蹖 賲乇讴夭蹖 蹖丕 丿丕丿诏爻鬲乇蹖 卮乇丕乇鬲 讴賲鬲乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 賳賴 倬賵賱 亘丿賵賳 倬卮鬲賵丕賳賴 趩丕倬 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 賳賴 亘丕 丕蹖噩丕丿 鬲賵乇賲 讴爻乇蹖 亘賵丿噩賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 噩蹖亘 賲乇丿賲 毓賲賵賲丕 鬲賴蹖 丿爻鬲 噩亘乇丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 賳賴 鬲丨乇蹖賲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丌賳賯丿乇 賴賲 毓賯賱 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 鬲丨乇蹖賲 賳卮賵賳丿 . 丌賳賴丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 倬賱蹖爻 丕賲賳蹖鬲 鬲丕賲蹖賳 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丿丕賵乇蹖 丌賳賴丕 丕夭 丨購讴賲 賯囟丕鬲 毓丕丿賱丕賳賴 鬲乇 賵 賲噩丕夭丕鬲 丌賳賴丕 賴賲 賲賳氐賮丕賳賴 鬲乇 丕爻鬲 . 賳賴 ... 丌賳賴丕 丕氐賱丕 卮乇賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 .
March 18, 2008
I'm one of the people who watched the whole movie trilogy and then after that found out that The Godfather
exists as a novel. Naturally, I had to purchase it.
It is a matter of taste, I suppose, but next to the movies - so elegant and grandiose - it feels a bit like reading pulp fiction. Maybe it's that the book is lacking the presence of charismatic Hollywood giants Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, whose legendary performances rival those of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in . It's hard to tell. I did feel like the story tended to lose focus once in a while in the middle of the excessive subplots concerning the graphicly described sex lives of Johnny Fontane and Lucy Mancini. But I understand that, at the time, the subjects of pornography and death (especially together) were very controversial and obviously helped a lot with the sales, as the author Mario Puzo himself admitted.
Anyway... the great thing about the book is that the Corleones are all in there of course; the whole main gang. And they get you hooked on everything they do. Classic storytelling at its best.
The Godfather is basically an age-old tale about power passing between generations, more precisely from father to (reluctant) son. We have the "kingdom" of Don Vito Corleone and his "three princes". There's the rash and impulsive Santino (Sonny), the dim-witted but soft-hearted Fredo and the handsome and idealistic Michael. Vito also has a neurotic daughter called Connie and an adopted son named Tom Hagen. Who's German-Irish, btw, and works as a lawyer in the "family business".
Don Vito is a very powerful and respected "wise old man". He is known for his hospitality and seemigly benign, "reasonable" nature. He grants people "favors" and he is such a master of his game that even brutal monsters like Luca Brasi have sworn loyalty to him. In short - he "makes you an offer you can't refuse". Because, in case you do, be prepared to find a dead horse's head in your bed.
The magic of The Godfather story lies in the fact that it is told entirely from "the inside". Which enables us to care about and relate to characters who, in real life, would be considered despicable as people. It's like an exclusive peek into the closed world of a genuine Italian Mafia family. And we look into this world from a viewpoint similar to the one of Kay Adams - the only outsider in there.
Vito Corleone makes his living mostly through gambling and prostitution and, staying true to his old-school methods,
says "no" to drugs. Which is why the other Dons in the New York area decide that he is slipping and it is time to eliminate him. The night Vito is shot, it is his youngest son Michael who shows up in the hospital. Michael is an interesting isolated character. He announces proudly that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the family business and backs this up with his actions. Everything he does is different from his family - he goes to college, joins an army to fight for America and plans to marry a girl who doesn't carry a drop of Italian blood in her, Kay. He starts out as a hero that night, saving his father's life by moving his bed to another room and standing guard on the hospital stairs, displaying qualities (bravery, calculative and cool head under pressure, etc.) that make him an apparent "heir to the throne". When the Corleones work out their revenge strategies, Michael suggests that he should be the one to kill their enemies Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo and the corrupt police captain McCluskey (who has assaulted him with a heavy punch in the face). Against all odds, he ends up executing the two men in an Italian restaurant, during one of the most thrilling and suspenseful scenes ever created. Having done away with the immediate threat to his family, he is then in danger and needs to go into exile.
With Michael's trip to Sicily, the narrative perspective shifts and the story becomes his. He travels through the land of his forefathers and discovers the terrifying and bloody history of this beautiful place - the birthplace of the Mafia. He seeks to "connect with his roots" by marrying a beautiful local girl called Apollonia. But blow after blow is delivered to him in there; first with the news of his brother Sonny's murder at home and then with the tragic death of his innocent wife and unborn child through the explosives planted in his car. Everywhere Michael goes, death follows him. Once he returns to America, he is no longer the man he used to be.
Michael's transformation from a young war-hero to a ruthless Mafia boss is both fascinating and devastating. And in the end we feel a deep sense of loss, because we've witnessed a man with so much potential for good and a bright, promising future simply sell his soul and go to hell. Was it the result of his decisions or just unfortunate circumstances doesn't even seem to bear real relevance in here - the story plays it out as an inevitability, as if it was always his fate.
Michael is not the only one left to pay for his father's mistakes in a rather biblical manner, either... all of Vito's children do, in their own ways (poor, poor Fredo).
The late Mario Puzo has said that The Godfather is first and foremost about family than anything else. But how much a person would do for their family or how much it would cost them to betray their family are not the only issues it brings up. Layers upon layers upon layers of meaning emerges as the story unfolds. Questions that never find answers (unless you're the actor Tom Hanks who's convinced that all of life's questions can be answered by The Godfather).
It somehow manages to authentically reflect the everyday operations of a criminal empire, be a character-driven psychological drama, a tale of immigrant experience (the backstory of Vito's arrival to America) and a study of Italian-American lifestyle all at the same time. While being structured as a modern myth. No wonder it's so popular.
exists as a novel. Naturally, I had to purchase it.
It is a matter of taste, I suppose, but next to the movies - so elegant and grandiose - it feels a bit like reading pulp fiction. Maybe it's that the book is lacking the presence of charismatic Hollywood giants Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, whose legendary performances rival those of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in . It's hard to tell. I did feel like the story tended to lose focus once in a while in the middle of the excessive subplots concerning the graphicly described sex lives of Johnny Fontane and Lucy Mancini. But I understand that, at the time, the subjects of pornography and death (especially together) were very controversial and obviously helped a lot with the sales, as the author Mario Puzo himself admitted.
Anyway... the great thing about the book is that the Corleones are all in there of course; the whole main gang. And they get you hooked on everything they do. Classic storytelling at its best.
The Godfather is basically an age-old tale about power passing between generations, more precisely from father to (reluctant) son. We have the "kingdom" of Don Vito Corleone and his "three princes". There's the rash and impulsive Santino (Sonny), the dim-witted but soft-hearted Fredo and the handsome and idealistic Michael. Vito also has a neurotic daughter called Connie and an adopted son named Tom Hagen. Who's German-Irish, btw, and works as a lawyer in the "family business".
Don Vito is a very powerful and respected "wise old man". He is known for his hospitality and seemigly benign, "reasonable" nature. He grants people "favors" and he is such a master of his game that even brutal monsters like Luca Brasi have sworn loyalty to him. In short - he "makes you an offer you can't refuse". Because, in case you do, be prepared to find a dead horse's head in your bed.
The magic of The Godfather story lies in the fact that it is told entirely from "the inside". Which enables us to care about and relate to characters who, in real life, would be considered despicable as people. It's like an exclusive peek into the closed world of a genuine Italian Mafia family. And we look into this world from a viewpoint similar to the one of Kay Adams - the only outsider in there.
Vito Corleone makes his living mostly through gambling and prostitution and, staying true to his old-school methods,
says "no" to drugs. Which is why the other Dons in the New York area decide that he is slipping and it is time to eliminate him. The night Vito is shot, it is his youngest son Michael who shows up in the hospital. Michael is an interesting isolated character. He announces proudly that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the family business and backs this up with his actions. Everything he does is different from his family - he goes to college, joins an army to fight for America and plans to marry a girl who doesn't carry a drop of Italian blood in her, Kay. He starts out as a hero that night, saving his father's life by moving his bed to another room and standing guard on the hospital stairs, displaying qualities (bravery, calculative and cool head under pressure, etc.) that make him an apparent "heir to the throne". When the Corleones work out their revenge strategies, Michael suggests that he should be the one to kill their enemies Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo and the corrupt police captain McCluskey (who has assaulted him with a heavy punch in the face). Against all odds, he ends up executing the two men in an Italian restaurant, during one of the most thrilling and suspenseful scenes ever created. Having done away with the immediate threat to his family, he is then in danger and needs to go into exile.
With Michael's trip to Sicily, the narrative perspective shifts and the story becomes his. He travels through the land of his forefathers and discovers the terrifying and bloody history of this beautiful place - the birthplace of the Mafia. He seeks to "connect with his roots" by marrying a beautiful local girl called Apollonia. But blow after blow is delivered to him in there; first with the news of his brother Sonny's murder at home and then with the tragic death of his innocent wife and unborn child through the explosives planted in his car. Everywhere Michael goes, death follows him. Once he returns to America, he is no longer the man he used to be.
Michael's transformation from a young war-hero to a ruthless Mafia boss is both fascinating and devastating. And in the end we feel a deep sense of loss, because we've witnessed a man with so much potential for good and a bright, promising future simply sell his soul and go to hell. Was it the result of his decisions or just unfortunate circumstances doesn't even seem to bear real relevance in here - the story plays it out as an inevitability, as if it was always his fate.
Michael is not the only one left to pay for his father's mistakes in a rather biblical manner, either... all of Vito's children do, in their own ways (poor, poor Fredo).
The late Mario Puzo has said that The Godfather is first and foremost about family than anything else. But how much a person would do for their family or how much it would cost them to betray their family are not the only issues it brings up. Layers upon layers upon layers of meaning emerges as the story unfolds. Questions that never find answers (unless you're the actor Tom Hanks who's convinced that all of life's questions can be answered by The Godfather).
It somehow manages to authentically reflect the everyday operations of a criminal empire, be a character-driven psychological drama, a tale of immigrant experience (the backstory of Vito's arrival to America) and a study of Italian-American lifestyle all at the same time. While being structured as a modern myth. No wonder it's so popular.
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噩賲賷毓賳丕 賯丿 卮丕賴丿 丕賱賮賷賱賲 丕賱丕賷賯賵賳賷 丕賱禺丕賱丿 丕賱賲兀禺賵匕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰匕賱賰 兀賷賯賵賳賷丞 禺丕賱丿丞 貙 爻丨乇賳丕 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱毓氐丕亘丕鬲 丕賱丿丕賲賷丞貙 賵 丕賱丨乇賵亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 貙 丕賱鬲禺胤賷胤 丕賱亘丕乇毓 貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴 賯丿賲 賱賳丕 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱毓乇丕亘 丕賱丕爻胤賵乇賷丞 ( 丕賱丿賵賳 賮賷鬲賵 賰乇賷賱賷賵賳 ).
"賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賯胤 賷購毓胤賷 賵毓賵丿丕賸 賰丕匕亘丞貙 賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賯胤 賷爻毓賶 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲賴乇賾亘 亘兀賳 賷丿賻賾毓賷 兀賳 孬賲丞 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賯賵賶賸 毓購賱賷丕 鬲賵孬賯 賷丿賷賴 貨 賰丕賳 賷購毓丿 賲賽孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓匕乇 噩亘賳丕賸 . "
賰丕賳 ( 賮賷鬲賵 ) 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱毓馗賲丕亍 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓乇賮賵賳 兀賳 賱賱丕賳爻丕賳 賯丿賻乇丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 賵 毓賱賷賴 丕鬲亘丕毓賴 貙 兀賳卮兀 ( 丿賵賳 賮賷鬲賵 ) 賲賲賱賰鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 貙 賵 丕囟毓丕賸 亘匕賱賰 賯丕賳賵賳賴 丕賱禺丕氐 貙 賵 賱賷賰賵賽賾賳 亘賲亘丕丿卅賴 丕賱毓丕丿賱丞 廿丨丿賷 兀賰亘乇 毓氐丕亘丕鬲 賳賷賵乇賷賵乇賰 賵 兀賯賵丕賴丕 貙 丨鬲賷 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱賲賰丕卅丿 賲賳 丨賵賱賴 賱鬲丿賯 賳丕賯賵爻 丕賱禺胤乇 毓賱賷 賲賲賱賰鬲賴 丕賱賵丕爻毓丞 貙 賵 賮賷 亘賳丕亍 賵 賳爻賯 乇丕卅毓 兀禺賾丕匕 賵 丨亘賰丞 賲購丨賰賲丞 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 (賲丕乇賷賵) 賲賱丨賲丞 禺丕賱丿丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲丕賮賷丕 丕賱丕賷胤丕賱賷丞 貙 賵 毓賳 賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱卮乇賮 賵 丕賱賵賱丕亍 貙 賵 毓賳 賲丌賱丕鬲 丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賵 丕賱禺丿丕毓 貙 賵 兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀賳 丕賱兀爻乇丞 鬲兀鬲賷 賯亘賱 兀賷 卮賷卅.
" 賮鬲丨 丕賱丿賵賳 毓賷賳賷賴 亘噩賴丿 賰亘賷乇 賱賷賳馗乇 廿賱賷 丕亘賳賴 賲乇丞 兀禺賷乇丞 貙 賰丕賳 賲卮乇賮丕賸 毓賱賷 丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 賵 卮賲 毓胤賵乇 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賴丕賱丞 丕賱匕賴亘賷丞 賲丕 鬲夭丕賱 鬲卮鬲毓賱 賮賷 毓賷賳賷賴 貙 賵 鬲賲鬲賲 : 賲丕 兀噩賲賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 . "
兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賷賲賷夭 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賯丿乇鬲賴 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 毓賱賷 亘賳丕亍 丕賱卮禺賷氐丕鬲 .
賰丕賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲鬲兀孬乇丕 亘乇賵丕賷丞 ( 丕賱丕禺賵丞 賰乇賵賲丕夭賵賮 ) 賲賳 丨賷孬 亘賳丕亍 丕賱兀爻乇丞 丕賱賲鬲卮丕亘賴 .
毓賷亘賴丕 丕賱賵丨賷丿 兀賳 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱禺丕氐 亘卮禺氐賷丞 ( 噩賵賳賷 賮賵賳鬲丕賳丕 ) 賰丕賳 胤賵賷賱丕賸 賵 賲賲賱丕賸 賵 亘毓賷丿丕賸 毓賳 賲丨賵乇賷丞 丕賱賯氐丞.
丨賯賯鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 賴丕卅賱丞 賵 賲丕夭丕賱鬲 賳爻禺賴丕 鬲購亘丕毓 亘丕賱賲賱丕賷賷賳 .
乇丨賱丞 賲賱丨賲賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賱丕 卮賰 鉁�
賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 兀丨亘 兀賳 兀賯賵賱 兀賳 丕賱賲賵賯毓 賰丕賳 賱賴 兀孬乇 賰亘賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲卮噩賷毓 毓賱賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵 賲賳 丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 兀氐丿賯丕亍 賵 賯購乇賾丕亍 乇丕卅毓賷賳 賱賲 賷賰賳 兀賲丕賲賷 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴賲 賲賳 睾賷乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賵賯毓鉁�.
賰丕賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 (賲丕乇賷賵 亘賵夭賵 ) 賯丿 爻兀賲 賲賳 丕賱丿锟斤拷賱 丕賱賲鬲賵爻胤 賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賵 賯乇乇 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丞 毓馗賷賲丞 鬲丿乇 毓賱賷賴 丕賱賲丕賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賵 賲賳 丨爻賳 丨馗賳丕 兀賳賴 賳噩丨 賮賷 匕賱賰馃槏
噩賲賷毓賳丕 賯丿 卮丕賴丿 丕賱賮賷賱賲 丕賱丕賷賯賵賳賷 丕賱禺丕賱丿 丕賱賲兀禺賵匕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰匕賱賰 兀賷賯賵賳賷丞 禺丕賱丿丞 貙 爻丨乇賳丕 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 亘兀噩賵丕亍 丕賱毓氐丕亘丕鬲 丕賱丿丕賲賷丞貙 賵 丕賱丨乇賵亘 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞 貙 丕賱鬲禺胤賷胤 丕賱亘丕乇毓 貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴 賯丿賲 賱賳丕 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱毓乇丕亘 丕賱丕爻胤賵乇賷丞 ( 丕賱丿賵賳 賮賷鬲賵 賰乇賷賱賷賵賳 ).
"賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賯胤 賷購毓胤賷 賵毓賵丿丕賸 賰丕匕亘丞貙 賵賱賲 賷賰賳 賯胤 賷爻毓賶 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲賴乇賾亘 亘兀賳 賷丿賻賾毓賷 兀賳 孬賲丞 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賯賵賶賸 毓購賱賷丕 鬲賵孬賯 賷丿賷賴 貨 賰丕賳 賷購毓丿 賲賽孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓匕乇 噩亘賳丕賸 . "
賰丕賳 ( 賮賷鬲賵 ) 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱毓馗賲丕亍 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓乇賮賵賳 兀賳 賱賱丕賳爻丕賳 賯丿賻乇丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 賵 毓賱賷賴 丕鬲亘丕毓賴 貙 兀賳卮兀 ( 丿賵賳 賮賷鬲賵 ) 賲賲賱賰鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳 貙 賵 丕囟毓丕賸 亘匕賱賰 賯丕賳賵賳賴 丕賱禺丕氐 貙 賵 賱賷賰賵賽賾賳 亘賲亘丕丿卅賴 丕賱毓丕丿賱丞 廿丨丿賷 兀賰亘乇 毓氐丕亘丕鬲 賳賷賵乇賷賵乇賰 賵 兀賯賵丕賴丕 貙 丨鬲賷 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱賲賰丕卅丿 賲賳 丨賵賱賴 賱鬲丿賯 賳丕賯賵爻 丕賱禺胤乇 毓賱賷 賲賲賱賰鬲賴 丕賱賵丕爻毓丞 貙 賵 賮賷 亘賳丕亍 賵 賳爻賯 乇丕卅毓 兀禺賾丕匕 賵 丨亘賰丞 賲購丨賰賲丞 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 (賲丕乇賷賵) 賲賱丨賲丞 禺丕賱丿丞 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲丕賮賷丕 丕賱丕賷胤丕賱賷丞 貙 賵 毓賳 賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱卮乇賮 賵 丕賱賵賱丕亍 貙 賵 毓賳 賲丌賱丕鬲 丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賵 丕賱禺丿丕毓 貙 賵 兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀賳 丕賱兀爻乇丞 鬲兀鬲賷 賯亘賱 兀賷 卮賷卅.
" 賮鬲丨 丕賱丿賵賳 毓賷賳賷賴 亘噩賴丿 賰亘賷乇 賱賷賳馗乇 廿賱賷 丕亘賳賴 賲乇丞 兀禺賷乇丞 貙 賰丕賳 賲卮乇賮丕賸 毓賱賷 丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 賵 卮賲 毓胤賵乇 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賴丕賱丞 丕賱匕賴亘賷丞 賲丕 鬲夭丕賱 鬲卮鬲毓賱 賮賷 毓賷賳賷賴 貙 賵 鬲賲鬲賲 : 賲丕 兀噩賲賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 . "
兀賰孬乇 賲丕 賷賲賷夭 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賯丿乇鬲賴 丕賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 毓賱賷 亘賳丕亍 丕賱卮禺賷氐丕鬲 .
賰丕賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲鬲兀孬乇丕 亘乇賵丕賷丞 ( 丕賱丕禺賵丞 賰乇賵賲丕夭賵賮 ) 賲賳 丨賷孬 亘賳丕亍 丕賱兀爻乇丞 丕賱賲鬲卮丕亘賴 .
毓賷亘賴丕 丕賱賵丨賷丿 兀賳 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱禺丕氐 亘卮禺氐賷丞 ( 噩賵賳賷 賮賵賳鬲丕賳丕 ) 賰丕賳 胤賵賷賱丕賸 賵 賲賲賱丕賸 賵 亘毓賷丿丕賸 毓賳 賲丨賵乇賷丞 丕賱賯氐丞.
丨賯賯鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲亘賷毓丕鬲 賴丕卅賱丞 賵 賲丕夭丕賱鬲 賳爻禺賴丕 鬲購亘丕毓 亘丕賱賲賱丕賷賷賳 .
乇丨賱丞 賲賱丨賲賷丞 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賱丕 卮賰 鉁�
September 24, 2020
Mario Puzo creates his awesome world & then plays with his own elements (those of detective noir and mob drama) like a world-class chess champion. Less than a fourth into the narrative, POW! the Don has been shot. And, hold on a sec, who is the protagonist here? I thought Michael. Or the Consigliari Hagen. Or Hollywood heart-throb Johnny Fontaine? The full display of individual destinies is what makes this better than its cinematic equivalent. Here we see flesh-and-blood people living at a Hadean level-- system of business ethics and family morality included. Anyway, the novel's true nature is "the nature of the universe, the interlinking of good & evil, natural of itself." (392)
Masterful!-- As close as there is to a SOAP OPERA for MEN. The need for reinvention, as well as the necessity to keep things in line with tradition are explored fully. Interesting to note are: the general absence of Fredo, the omnipresence of Johnny Fontaine... the Hollywood sex parties in detail (and how's this for risqu茅 [& appropriate to the season]: Best Actor & Best Actress in public sex), plus invaluable insights (like the entire Book V, largely absent from the beloved film) as bizarre as sexual readjustment surgeries and as natural as mob allegiances in Vegas. This is pure entertainment-- decadence for the reader at full throttle!!!! This is a classic train of portraits of a kingdom in steep decline, of its vindication and revolution, rife with those beloved Shakespearean precepts like corruption, revenge & fate.
Masterful!-- As close as there is to a SOAP OPERA for MEN. The need for reinvention, as well as the necessity to keep things in line with tradition are explored fully. Interesting to note are: the general absence of Fredo, the omnipresence of Johnny Fontaine... the Hollywood sex parties in detail (and how's this for risqu茅 [& appropriate to the season]: Best Actor & Best Actress in public sex), plus invaluable insights (like the entire Book V, largely absent from the beloved film) as bizarre as sexual readjustment surgeries and as natural as mob allegiances in Vegas. This is pure entertainment-- decadence for the reader at full throttle!!!! This is a classic train of portraits of a kingdom in steep decline, of its vindication and revolution, rife with those beloved Shakespearean precepts like corruption, revenge & fate.
September 23, 2014
"Come in."
"Ah, Don Corleone, I'm sorry to trouble you -"
"Sit down."
"Thank you, Don Corleone -"
"Where is your mother from?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Your mother, she is from Italia. Which town?"
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"Ah, Don Corleone, I'm sorry to trouble you -"
"Sit down."
"Thank you, Don Corleone -"
"Where is your mother from?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Your mother, she is from Italia. Which town?"
The rest of this review is available elsewhere (the location cannot be given for 欧宝娱乐 policy reasons)
March 10, 2019
Here鈥檚 a record breaking novel, but for the wrong reasons.
1. I gave it up so fast that I did not have time to list it as 鈥渃urrently reading鈥�. First time that鈥檚 happened.
2. I did not even make page 30! I mean, I even gave Darconville鈥檚 Cat 50 pages!
3. But instead of just binning it, I need to warn people about this book, so that means I will have written Three Reviews in One Day! A record for me.
Well, I love the (first two) movies like everyone does. So what could go so wrong so fast?
Example the first :
Nazorine glanced at her shrewdly. She was a 鈥渉ot number鈥� this daughter of his. He had seen her brush her swelling buttocks against Enzo鈥檚 front when the baker鈥檚 helped squeezed her behind to fill the counter baskets with hot loaves from the oven. The young rascal鈥檚 hot loaf would be in her oven, Nazorine thought lewdly, if proper steps were not taken.
I think 鈥渢he baker鈥檚 helped鈥� should read 鈥渢he baker鈥檚 help鈥� but nothing can help that dreadful sentence. Any which way you read it, it鈥檚 gross. And then the Benny Hill prurience of the hot loaf.
And anyway, swelling buttocks?
Echhh.
Example the second (he鈥檚 describing Sonny now):
He was built as powerfully as a bull and it was common knowledge that he was so generously endowed by nature that his martyred wife feared the marriage bed as unbelievers once feared the rack. It was whispered that when as a youth he had visited houses of ill fame, even the most hardened and fearless putain, after an awed inspection of his massive organ, demanded double price.
Ewwwww. I think we are supposed to chuckle 鈥渓ewdly鈥� at 鈥渁s unbelievers once feared the rack鈥�. If so, I think my sense of humour is sleeping with the fishes. No more of that, no more organs the size of an umbrella, no more hot loaves.
Well, I know what Mario Puzo would say to this if he was still around.
1. I gave it up so fast that I did not have time to list it as 鈥渃urrently reading鈥�. First time that鈥檚 happened.
2. I did not even make page 30! I mean, I even gave Darconville鈥檚 Cat 50 pages!
3. But instead of just binning it, I need to warn people about this book, so that means I will have written Three Reviews in One Day! A record for me.
Well, I love the (first two) movies like everyone does. So what could go so wrong so fast?
Example the first :
Nazorine glanced at her shrewdly. She was a 鈥渉ot number鈥� this daughter of his. He had seen her brush her swelling buttocks against Enzo鈥檚 front when the baker鈥檚 helped squeezed her behind to fill the counter baskets with hot loaves from the oven. The young rascal鈥檚 hot loaf would be in her oven, Nazorine thought lewdly, if proper steps were not taken.
I think 鈥渢he baker鈥檚 helped鈥� should read 鈥渢he baker鈥檚 help鈥� but nothing can help that dreadful sentence. Any which way you read it, it鈥檚 gross. And then the Benny Hill prurience of the hot loaf.
And anyway, swelling buttocks?
Echhh.
Example the second (he鈥檚 describing Sonny now):
He was built as powerfully as a bull and it was common knowledge that he was so generously endowed by nature that his martyred wife feared the marriage bed as unbelievers once feared the rack. It was whispered that when as a youth he had visited houses of ill fame, even the most hardened and fearless putain, after an awed inspection of his massive organ, demanded double price.
Ewwwww. I think we are supposed to chuckle 鈥渓ewdly鈥� at 鈥渁s unbelievers once feared the rack鈥�. If so, I think my sense of humour is sleeping with the fishes. No more of that, no more organs the size of an umbrella, no more hot loaves.
Well, I know what Mario Puzo would say to this if he was still around.
July 30, 2024
I watched the movie first. I keep listening to its theme music all the time. I liked the characters so much. It has amazing character building with powerful portrayal of the mafia world. Ever since is watching the movie I wanted to read the book too. A friend gifted me the book. And my finally got to read this one. The book was more beautiful.
October 1, 2015
This book is good. This book is really REALLY good. This book is better than I expected. Amazing!
I have to go watch the movie RIGHT NOW!
From the mean streets of New York City . . . to the casinos of Las Vegas . . . to the villas of Sicily . . . the Corleones have got things under control . . . and those who cross them will pay the price.
This book has a lot of intrigue, action, suspense, double-crossing - general bad-ass-ery. I will make you an offer you can't refuse - READ THIS BOOK!
I have to go watch the movie RIGHT NOW!
From the mean streets of New York City . . . to the casinos of Las Vegas . . . to the villas of Sicily . . . the Corleones have got things under control . . . and those who cross them will pay the price.
This book has a lot of intrigue, action, suspense, double-crossing - general bad-ass-ery. I will make you an offer you can't refuse - READ THIS BOOK!
March 22, 2021
So, this is where all the mafia obsessions come from (?!?!?)
Omg, look at me reading yet another classic! The boy I used to have a crush on loved this book (or the movie). Now, obviously my reason for reading this in 2021 was more spontaneous and had nothing to do with him, but the experience did bring back some embarrassing memories. That said, The Godfather was such a man鈥檚 book, and I liked it a lot鈥攚hich was a pity because I鈥檇 have LOVED it if the portrayal of women wasn鈥檛 so whacked.
I suppose there are worse fate than being a mafia wife. In fact, I must admit that the position is kind of tempting. Still, all they did in this book was cook, push out babies out of their wombs, go to Sunday Mass, and stay out of their husband鈥檚 business鈥攚hich, okay, this was sweet cause part of the reason was for their own safety. Regardless, I wish they鈥檇 had more agency. It just made me feel excluded from all the greatness is all. Didn鈥檛 they say that behind every man鈥檚 success was a woman?
Some parts of the book were more attention grabbing than others. Some were rather tedious because the author had a habit of bringing up brief summaries of what happened in previous sections to the latter ones. There was a part that weirded me out (that of the 鈥渙ther woman鈥� storyline where she had some vaginal issue and had to undergo a surgery) mostly because it was a female problem, and as far as I know Mario Puzo was a male. Not that it means he couldn鈥檛 write about it, but still.
This book was very quotable. I listened on audio, and it was marvelous. You might need some time to find your groove. Having no idea how some names were spelled (unless you鈥檙e Italian) and how the mob wolrd worked, the beginning was a bit confusing. It should not be a hindrance if you read and listen simultaneously at least for the first few chapters. Anyhow, I watched the movie, and I think it was 99% same as the book, which is to say that I really liked it too.
(Read as an Audiobook)
Omg, look at me reading yet another classic! The boy I used to have a crush on loved this book (or the movie). Now, obviously my reason for reading this in 2021 was more spontaneous and had nothing to do with him, but the experience did bring back some embarrassing memories. That said, The Godfather was such a man鈥檚 book, and I liked it a lot鈥攚hich was a pity because I鈥檇 have LOVED it if the portrayal of women wasn鈥檛 so whacked.
I suppose there are worse fate than being a mafia wife. In fact, I must admit that the position is kind of tempting. Still, all they did in this book was cook, push out babies out of their wombs, go to Sunday Mass, and stay out of their husband鈥檚 business鈥攚hich, okay, this was sweet cause part of the reason was for their own safety. Regardless, I wish they鈥檇 had more agency. It just made me feel excluded from all the greatness is all. Didn鈥檛 they say that behind every man鈥檚 success was a woman?
Some parts of the book were more attention grabbing than others. Some were rather tedious because the author had a habit of bringing up brief summaries of what happened in previous sections to the latter ones. There was a part that weirded me out (that of the 鈥渙ther woman鈥� storyline where she had some vaginal issue and had to undergo a surgery) mostly because it was a female problem, and as far as I know Mario Puzo was a male. Not that it means he couldn鈥檛 write about it, but still.
This book was very quotable. I listened on audio, and it was marvelous. You might need some time to find your groove. Having no idea how some names were spelled (unless you鈥檙e Italian) and how the mob wolrd worked, the beginning was a bit confusing. It should not be a hindrance if you read and listen simultaneously at least for the first few chapters. Anyhow, I watched the movie, and I think it was 99% same as the book, which is to say that I really liked it too.
(Read as an Audiobook)
January 7, 2018
I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 賴賷 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱兀卮賴乇 賮賶 鬲丕乇賷禺 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 , 賵賱賰賳 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷賳胤賯 亘賴丕 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 , 賰丕賳 賯丿 禺胤賴丕 賯賱賲 乇賵丕卅賷 賲亘丿毓 賮賶 兀丨丿 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱禺丕賱丿丞 .
丕賱賮賷賱賲 丕賱匕賶 賳丕丿乇丕 賲丕 鬲噩丿 兀丨丿 賷賰乇賴賴 (禺丕氐丞 賱賵 乇噩賱 ) 賮賴賵 爻丨乇 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 賲噩爻丿賸丕 , 賮賱賴 鬲兀孬賷乇 丕賱爻丨乇 賵賲賮毓賵賱賴 賵亘乇賷賯賴 丕賱匕賶 賱丕 賷購賯丕賵賻賲.
賯乇兀鬲 賳爻禺丞 廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 賲賳 丨賵丕賱賷 爻賳鬲賷賳 , 賵賱賱丨賯 賮賴賷 兀賰孬乇 丕賱賯乇丕亍丕鬲 丕賱兀噩賳亘賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘賴丕 乇睾賲 兀賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲乇賴賯丞 噩丿丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 , 丕賱賲賴賲 兀賳賳丕 賴賳丕 賱丕 賳鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 賲噩乇丿 毓賲賱 乇賵丕卅賷 亘賱 賳鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 賳氐 毓亘賾乇 毓賳 賮卅丞 賰丕 賵鬲賲 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 賱兀毓馗賲 毓賲賱 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 .賮賳丨賳 賴賳丕 兀賲丕賲 賳氐 兀丿亘賷 賲匕賴賱 賱賲丕乇賷賵 亘賵夭賵 , 賵丕囟胤賱毓 亘賲賴賲丞 丕禺乇丕噩賴 毓賱賶 卮丕卮丞 丕賱爻賷賳丕 丕賱賲禺乇噩 丕賱毓馗賷賲 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻 賮賵乇丿 賰賵亘賵賱丕 賵賯丕賲 亘鬲兀丿賷丞 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱乇卅賷爻 賮賷賴 丕賱賲賲孬賱 丕賱兀毓馗賲 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賵賴賵 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 賮賶 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 , 賵乇賵亘乇鬲 丿賷 賳賷乇賵 賮賶 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲毓 孬亘丕鬲 丿賵乇 丕賱賲亘丿毓 丌賱 亘丕鬲卮賷賳賵. 賵賲賵爻賷賯賶 賴賶 丕賱兀毓馗賲 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賱賳賷賳賵 乇賵鬲丕.
賮賳丨賳 廿匕賳 兀賲丕賲 丨丕賱丞 兀丿亘賷丞 賮乇賷丿丞 賵丨丕賱丞 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷丞 兀賰孬乇 鬲賮乇丿賸丕 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 毓亘賾乇 毓賳賴 丿賵 賰賵亘賵賱丕 亘賵囟賵丨 丨賷賳賲丕 爻購兀賱 毓賳 乇丕卅毓鬲賴 賮賯丕賱 : 賰丕賳 賱丿賷賳丕 賳氐 兀丿亘賷 賴賵 丕賱兀毓馗賲 賵兀丿丕亍 賲孬賷賱賶 賴賵 丕賱兀乇賵毓 賵賲賵爻賷賯賶 賴賶 丕賱兀賮囟賱 , 賮爻兀賱賴 氐丨賮賷 : 賵賲丕匕丕 賯賲鬲 亘賴 兀賳鬲 責賮賯丕賱 賱賴 : 賱賯丿 賯賲鬲 亘丕禺鬲賷丕乇賴賲 賵噩賲毓賴賲 .
兀賲丕 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 : 賮賴賷 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 賲毓噩夭 , 賯丿賾賲 賮賷賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 鬲氐賵賷乇 卮丕賲賱 賰丕賲賱 賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲丕賮賷丕 賵禺賮丕賷丕賴 賲賲孬賱丞 賮賶 毓丕卅賱丞 賮賷鬲賵 賰賵乇賷賱賷賵賳賷 賵卮禺氐賷鬲賴 丕賱兀爻胤賵乇賷丞 賳丕丿乇賸丕 兀賳 鬲賯丕亘賱賴 賮賶 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 , 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱毓乇賾丕亘 , 賮賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 丕賱賲丐賱賮 兀賳 賷賯丿賲 賱賰 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲賳 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴丕鬲 賵丕賱兀賴賵丕亍 , 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 兀賳 賷賯丿賲 賱賰 卮乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵禺賷乇賴 賵賰賷賮 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 賷鬲丨賵賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賷賲乇 亘鬲胤賵乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 毓亘乇 賲禺鬲賱賮 賲乇丕丨賱 丨賷丕鬲賴, 賲毓 鬲賵爻賷毓 鬲賱賰 丕賱丿丕卅乇丞 亘丕賱賯丕亍 丕賱囟賵亍 毓賱賶 亘丕賯賷 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮毓乇 賲賳 噩賵丿丞 鬲氐賵賷乇賴賲 兀賳 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賮賷賴賲 賴賵 亘胤賱 賱賱毓賲賱 賲爻鬲賯賱 亘匕丕鬲賴.
兀賲丕 毓賳 乇爻賲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 兀賳 賷購匕賰乇 丕爻賲 賮賷鬲賵 賰賵乇賷賱賷賵賳賷 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷購匕賰乇 丕爻賲 賲丕乇賱賵賳 亘乇丕賳丿賵 : 丕賱匕賷 賯丕賲 賮賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賮賷賱賲 亘兀毓馗賲 丕賱兀丿賵丕乇 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 , 賮廿匕丕 兀乇丿鬲 兀賳 鬲乇爻賲 氐賵乇丞 賱賱亘胤賱 賮鬲匕賰乇 亘乇丕賳丿賵 賵廿匕丕 乇睾亘鬲 賮賶 毓賲賯 賲丕 賱卮禺氐賷丞 亘乇丕賳丿賵 賮賶 丕賱賮賷賱賲 鬲匕1賰乇 乇爻賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲匕賴賱.
丕賱毓賲賱 賯購丿賲 賮賶 3 兀噩夭丕亍 賱賱爻賷賳賲丕 賵賯丿 卮丕乇賰 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 賱賱3 兀噩夭丕亍 賵丨丕夭 毓賱賶 噩丕卅夭丞 丕賱兀賵爻賰丕乇 賮賶 兀賵賱 噩夭卅賷賳 , 賵賯丿 爻丕賴賲鬲 賲卮丕乇賰丞 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱爻賷賳丕乇賷賵 賱賱爻賷賳丕 賮賷 兀賳 賷禺乇噩 丕賱賮賷賱賲 賯乇賷亘 噩丿丕 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱賷爻 亘睾乇賷亘 兀賳 鬲購毓鬲亘乇 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷丞 賴賷 兀毓馗賲 孬賱丕孬賷丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇 丕賱賰孬賷乇賷賳 , 賵賷毓鬲亘乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賴賵 兀毓馗賲 賮賷賱賲 賮賶 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 (賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賷) 賰賱 匕賱賰 爻丕賴賲 賮賶 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賳氐 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 賵丕賱賮賷賱賲 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 賲鬲賰丕賲賱賷賳 賱亘毓囟賴賲丕 丕賱亘毓囟 賯乇賷亘賷賳 噩丿丕 , 賵丕賳 賰丕賳 丕賱賳氐 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 賷鬲賮賵賯 賮賶 丕馗賴丕乇 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲賲鬲毓丞 賮廿賳 賱賱賮賷賱賲 亘乇賷賯 丕賱鬲乇賰賷夭 賵丕馗賴丕乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱噩賱賷丞 賵鬲賯丿賷賲賴丕 亘亘乇賷賯 賴賵賱賷賷賵丿 丕賱賲毓賴賵丿 賵賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀丨丿 兀賳 賷賳爻賶 賲卮賴丿 乇兀爻 丕賱丨氐丕賳 賵丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 丨賯賷賯賷丕 亘丕賱賲賳丕爻亘丞 :
賵亘丕賯賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲乇爻賵賲丞 賲賳 賯賽亘賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮 亘鬲賲賰賳 賲匕賴賱 賵賲毓乇賮丞 丿賯賷賯丞 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲丕賮賷丕 賲賳 賲丕賷賰賱 (丌賱 亘丕鬲卮賷賳賵) 賵爻丕賳鬲賷賳賵 賵賮乇賷丿賵 賵睾賷乇賴賲 賲賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 , 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 賰丕賳 賲孬賷乇 噩丿丕 賵賷丿賱 毓賱賶 鬲毓賲賯 賮賶 丕賱丿乇丕爻丞 賲賳賯胤毓 賱賴丕 .
兀賲丕 毓賳 賱睾丞 丕賱毓賲賱 : 賮賰丕賳鬲 賲乇賴賯丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱毓丿賲 鬲賲賰賳賷 亘丕賱卮賰賱 丕賱賰丕賲賱 賲賳 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 , 賵賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 鬲亘丿賵 賱賶 亘爻賷胤丞 賵賮賶 丕賱丨賷賳 丕賱丌禺乇 鬲亘丿賵 賱賷 賲毓賯丿丞 氐毓亘丞 賵賱賰賳 賮賶 丕賱賲噩賲賱 賰丕賳鬲 賵丕囟丨丞 丕賱賯賵丞
賮賷 丕賱賲噩賲賱 : 兀賳鬲 兀賲丕賲 毓賲賱 賱賳 賷鬲賰乇乇 賵賱賳 鬲賯丕亘賱 賲孬賱賴 賮賯丿 賰丕丿 兀賳 賷亘賱睾 丕賱賰賲丕賱 賲賳 賱睾丞 賯賵賷丞 賵兀卮禺丕氐 賲乇爻賵賲丞 亘丿賯丞 賵鬲賵氐賷賮 賲丿賴卮 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬 , 賵丕賱丕賴賲 賲賳 賰賱 匕賱賰 賴賵 兀賳 丕賱毓賲賱 賯丿 賳賯賱賰 賱賯賱亘 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴丕 賵賯丿賲 賱賰 賱賵丨丞 賰丕賲賱丞 賱賱賲毓賷卮丞 丕賱鬲賶 賵氐賮賴丕 .
毓賲賱 禺丕賱丿 賵鬲賲 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 賱賮賷賱賲 禺丕賱丿 卮丕乇賰 賮賶 氐賳丕毓鬲賴 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 丕賱兀毓馗賲 賮賶 鬲丕乇賷禺 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱爻賷賳賲丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 .
September 6, 2018
You gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they shoulda stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they were just asking for big trouble when they let him get away with that.
You know that you are a Czech person when this is your favourite quote/sentence(s) from the whole book.
I expected many things from this book because let's face it this book is a phenomenon! But, I didn't know what I will get because I never saw the movies and never read anything about the book. Also, this book has impressive power; it took me so long to read it because every time I opened in public someone started to talk to me about it. A policeman at the Prague castle that was searching my bag and watched as I went through the metal detector, at least three workers at the Prague airport, an English gentleman that sat next to on the flight to Istanbul, numerous people in metro...
So, I started. I was flooded with so many characters that I had no idea where my head was. I loved some; I hated some, I wanted to know about many. I thought that some of them deserved their fate or even worse than they were getting.
I could not stand Johnny Fontana, he got everything, and he appreciated nothing.
I was surprised to actually like Jules Segal; he was surprisingly refreshing.
I looked at some reviews and was actually surprised at how many people complain about the women and their role in the story. And I want to ask, what did they expect? A strong heroine that would put battle with the men? Italians, mafia, taking place after World War Two, being published at the time... That is not a set up for a strong heroine. No, it is a recipe for a housewife, mother, wife or daughter. Anything else and you can bet that the character won't be portrait positively or as a strong character. I don't think this should be judged by today's standards.
I won't go into detail much because there is so much a could talk about.
This is a masterpiece!
But I need to say that I don't like Kay. I don't think she and Michael could function together. She is too progressive for a role of a wife that asks nothing, sees nothing and does as she is told. I actually liked Apollonia. Yes, she liked the little powers that Michael gave her, as teaching her how to drive. I actually think that they were more suited for each other.
This brings me to the question, did Kay ever learn about Apollonia? And, in the beginning, I believe Michael liked Kay's progressiveness, but I wonder how he saw it after the time with Apollonia.
And, there is only one man named Clemenza for me. And that is Clemenza Caserta from Hell's Kitchen! I saw him playing Clemenza, and I could not unsee that.
You know that you are a Czech person when this is your favourite quote/sentence(s) from the whole book.
I expected many things from this book because let's face it this book is a phenomenon! But, I didn't know what I will get because I never saw the movies and never read anything about the book. Also, this book has impressive power; it took me so long to read it because every time I opened in public someone started to talk to me about it. A policeman at the Prague castle that was searching my bag and watched as I went through the metal detector, at least three workers at the Prague airport, an English gentleman that sat next to on the flight to Istanbul, numerous people in metro...
So, I started. I was flooded with so many characters that I had no idea where my head was. I loved some; I hated some, I wanted to know about many. I thought that some of them deserved their fate or even worse than they were getting.
I could not stand Johnny Fontana, he got everything, and he appreciated nothing.
I was surprised to actually like Jules Segal; he was surprisingly refreshing.
I looked at some reviews and was actually surprised at how many people complain about the women and their role in the story. And I want to ask, what did they expect? A strong heroine that would put battle with the men? Italians, mafia, taking place after World War Two, being published at the time... That is not a set up for a strong heroine. No, it is a recipe for a housewife, mother, wife or daughter. Anything else and you can bet that the character won't be portrait positively or as a strong character. I don't think this should be judged by today's standards.
I won't go into detail much because there is so much a could talk about.
This is a masterpiece!
But I need to say that I don't like Kay. I don't think she and Michael could function together. She is too progressive for a role of a wife that asks nothing, sees nothing and does as she is told. I actually liked Apollonia. Yes, she liked the little powers that Michael gave her, as teaching her how to drive. I actually think that they were more suited for each other.
This brings me to the question, did Kay ever learn about Apollonia? And, in the beginning, I believe Michael liked Kay's progressiveness, but I wonder how he saw it after the time with Apollonia.
And, there is only one man named Clemenza for me. And that is Clemenza Caserta from Hell's Kitchen! I saw him playing Clemenza, and I could not unsee that.
April 14, 2025
I loved the film too much to ever read this until recently. But for anyone whose comfort viewing includes The Godfather (mine also includes watching the 2005 film Munich more times than I care to admit), the novel is excellent. It is essentially an American story of an ethnic family trying to achieve that American dream. Then, things go wrong.
September 4, 2009
New Brilliant Future Career Idea: mafia wife.
Think about it - all you have to do is cook, have some babies, and go to Mass once a day. Sure, I might have a hard time learning to never ask questions about anything, but I could always get a hobby to occupy my time with. At the very least, being a mafia wife would give me tons of free time to finish The List.
It's win-win, really.
Think about it - all you have to do is cook, have some babies, and go to Mass once a day. Sure, I might have a hard time learning to never ask questions about anything, but I could always get a hobby to occupy my time with. At the very least, being a mafia wife would give me tons of free time to finish The List.
It's win-win, really.
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Every bit as good as its reputation (and the movie!). It should be mandatory reading.
Every bit as good as its reputation (and the movie!). It should be mandatory reading.
November 20, 2018
Actual Rating: 4.5 Stars
I think this is just what I was in the mood for!
I think this is just what I was in the mood for!
August 12, 2021
The Godfather had been on my list for a long time. Having watched the movie I was really looking forward to it.
The mafias living in America had their own rules and regulations, which set them apart from one another. They belonged to Italian families who immigrated to America and made it on their own by spreading various businesses and controlling certain areas around the country to sustain their empires.
Don Corleone being one of them was among the powerful, who was attacked by Sollozo and the Tattaglia family, losing his power and eventually his eldest son, Sonny. Micheal, Don鈥檚 youngest son took over the family business and made it big by killing all his father鈥檚 enemies, making him the most powerful in all families. He also moved from New York to Las Vegas and went into casino business, alongside others.
Don always favoured his family over others and taught the same to his children. He never asked for returns immediately but rather waited for the right time to utilise them.
Though it was a very different book from all that I have read, I found the pace of the narrative slow and dragging. Some of the characters in my opinion were not required either, their presence or absence didn鈥檛 make much of a difference.
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The mafias living in America had their own rules and regulations, which set them apart from one another. They belonged to Italian families who immigrated to America and made it on their own by spreading various businesses and controlling certain areas around the country to sustain their empires.
Don Corleone being one of them was among the powerful, who was attacked by Sollozo and the Tattaglia family, losing his power and eventually his eldest son, Sonny. Micheal, Don鈥檚 youngest son took over the family business and made it big by killing all his father鈥檚 enemies, making him the most powerful in all families. He also moved from New York to Las Vegas and went into casino business, alongside others.
Don always favoured his family over others and taught the same to his children. He never asked for returns immediately but rather waited for the right time to utilise them.
Though it was a very different book from all that I have read, I found the pace of the narrative slow and dragging. Some of the characters in my opinion were not required either, their presence or absence didn鈥檛 make much of a difference.
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July 15, 2016
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亘丕賷丿 丿爻鬲乇爻賶 亘賴 賲丨氐賵賱丕鬲 賮乇賴賳诏賶 睾乇亘 诏爻鬲乇卮 賲賶 賷丕賮鬲 鬲丕 鬲丨氐賷賱賰乇丿賴 賴丕 賰賲 賰賲 丿乇賷丕亘賳丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲賶 賴爻鬲 亘賷賳 噩賳丕賷鬲 賵 賲賰丕賮丕鬲 亘丕 丕賷賳丿賷丕賳丕 噩賵賳夭貙 亘賷賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賷賵爻賰賶 賵 丕爻鬲賷賵賳 丕爻倬賷賱亘乇诏貙 亘賷賳 丌孬丕乇 賮丕禺乇 亘丕 丌孬丕乇 毓丕賲賴 倬爻賳丿.
丕賱丌賳 賰賲鬲乇 乇賵卮賳賮賰乇賶 亘賴 丿賷丿賳 賮賷賱賲 賴丕賶 毓丕賲賴 倬爻賳丿 賵 鬲賷賳賷噩乇賶 賴賲趩賵賳 爻賵倬乇賲賳 賵 丕爻倬丕賷丿乇賲賳 賲賶 賳丕夭丿貙 賵 丕賷賳 倬賷卮乇賮鬲 亘爻賷丕乇 亘爻賷丕乇 亘夭乇诏賶 丕爻鬲 亘乇丕賶 丨賮馗 丌亘乇賵賶 胤亘賯賴 賶 乇賵卮賳賮賰乇賶 丕賷乇丕賳.
September 17, 2020
An amazing, fast paced read. I liked Puzo's insight into the structure of The Family and the role of the Godfather. It was fascinating to consider the contradictions in the character and the actions of Don Corleone and to read the Family's justification of their actions - often perceived as 'necessary' and 'just'.
I'm sure most of you have heard of the Godfather because of the movies, they're a piece of art but so is this book.
This book!
This is, undoubtedly one of my favourite reads of all time!
I am shook. It was so good. I highly recommend it.
I'm sure most of you have heard of the Godfather because of the movies, they're a piece of art but so is this book.
This book!
This is, undoubtedly one of my favourite reads of all time!
I am shook. It was so good. I highly recommend it.
December 20, 2018
5 PORQUE NO LE PUEDO DAR M脕S PUNTUACI脫N stars.
鈥淐ada hombre tiene un solo destino.鈥�
驴Qu茅 se puede decir adem谩s que es una obra maestra? 驴Por qu茅 no hay m谩s estrellas para calificar 茅ste libro?
El Padrino es un libro que nunca se me habr铆a ocurrido leer, no es que pensara que fuera aburrido, simplemente que lo compr茅 m谩s por su fama, lo archive en mi librero y nunca le di tanta importancia o pens茅 que llenar铆a mis expectativas. Me equivoqu茅. Se siente bien cuando te descubres una lectura tan sencilla y tan magn铆fica sin rayar en lo pesado que terminas enganchado a ella y no puedes parar hasta llegar a la 煤ltima p谩gina. Lo que m谩s me ha gustado de este libro es que no es dif铆cil de leer, abarca muchas cuestiones, temas y personajes sin saturar al lector.
Long beach, 1946.
Vito Corleone, llamado El Don o El padrino es un hombre poderoso, amado y odiado, pero sobre todo, muy temido, siendo el capo m谩s respetado de la mafia de Nueva York. Siciliano de nacimiento e inmigrante a Estados Unidos, es la cabeza de la gran organizaci贸n de la familia Corleone, que controla el negocio de los juegos de azar, los sindicatos y el fraude. Due帽o de un temple de acero y una benevolencia incre铆ble con las personas que recurren a su ayuda, que siempre deber谩n pagar en alg煤n momento. El padrino es la cabeza de un grupo jerarquizado de hombres fieles hasta a la muerte (que respetan la ley de la 辞尘别谤迟脿) y encabezados por su consigliere (mano derecha) Tom Hagen y sus hombres de confianza (caporegimi) Tessio y Clemenza.鈥淣o exist铆a atmosfera mejor que la del dinero para entrar en razones.鈥�
Lo que sorprende es el lugar en el que Puzo decide empezar la historia. La novela inicia en la boda de la hija del mismo padrino. A pesar de que la familia est谩 festejando, Vito Corleone aprovecha algunos momentos para hablar de negocios con sus amigos. En estos primeros cap铆tulos empezamos a ver la forma de ser y los c贸digos que se manejan en la mafia. Aqu铆 la gente va a pedirle favores, dichos favores deber谩n ser cobrados en un futuro pero tambi茅n respaldados por la amistad y la confianza. Esto hace que la mafia italiana tenga una escala de valores interesante para ser un grupo criminal y que desde las primeras p谩ginas El Padrino sea un personaje interesante con una genialidad incre铆ble.鈥淓l mundo era un oasis de paz para todos aquellos que hab铆an jurado lealtad a su persona, mientras que para otros muchos que cre铆an en la ley y el orden era un infierno donde se mor铆a como una rata.鈥�
Contrario a lo que yo pensaba antes de iniciar este libro, en estas p谩ginas se les da m谩s protagonismo a tres personajes a lo largo de toda esta historia y Vito queda en segundo plano. Los protagonistas son: Johnny Fontane, un actor y cantante que acude al padrino para que lo ayude resurgir su carrera art铆stica. Sonny Corleone, el hijo mayor del Don y el segundo al mando y por 煤ltimo, Michael Corleone, el hijo que nunca se interes贸 por los negocios de su padre.鈥淟a venganza es un plato que sabe mejor cuando se sirve fr铆o.鈥�
La verdadera acci贸n inicia cuando Vito es atacado por una banda rival y queda fuera de combate. Si bien no est谩 muerto, no tiene fuerzas para dirigir su organizaci贸n en la 鈥済uerra de familias鈥� y son sus dos hijos quienes deben encargarse de esto. Sonny es un hombre impulsivo y un tanto violento que decide atacar con la misma fuerza. Por el otro lado tenemos a Michael, el hijo bueno, sereno, estudioso e incluso veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A pesar de sus diferencias, los dos hermanos deciden trabajar en equipo e intentar vengar el ataque a su padre.鈥淪i la sociedad fuera m谩s realista, m谩s personas como t煤 y yo podr铆amos hacer maravillas.鈥�
En este libro se va a hablar mucho de la mafia. Con una combinaci贸n perfecta de crimen, el hampa, la religiosidad y las costumbres culturales m谩s arraigadas del mundo, la historia va mutando, contando el hilo principal de la acci贸n, volviendo atr谩s, divagando, reencontrando personajes perdidos, dando explicaciones, huyendo del problema y vi茅ndose atrapado por el mismo. Es la sensaci贸n que causa las mil vueltas que Puzo emplea para darle al texto cierta intriga sin perder el atractivo y el estilo. La narraci贸n es en tercera persona tomando por inicio a un personaje y dando a conocer la cantidad de detalles suficientes como para mantenerte al lector inquieto y omitiendo algunos detalles para que las sorpresas lleguen sin ser esperadas. M谩s all谩 del tema central que es la organizaci贸n mafiosa, tambi茅n relata problemas morales y 茅ticos, acci贸n, romance y manipulaciones pol铆ticas. Es una novela muy completa que atrapa al lector y que impide la indiferencia.鈥淓n nuestro mundo no hay lugar para el perd贸n.鈥�
Los personajes son tan crudos y tan reales que es inevitable familiarizarse con ellos. Esta narraci贸n a pesar de ser simple pero exacta, aborda el tema tan complejo que representa la mafia. Se ha convertido en uno de mis libros favoritos de este a帽o. A pesar de que tiene varios cap铆tulos que no aportan nada a la historia y un personaje en cuesti贸n que odi茅, dir茅 que hay nada m谩s placentero y cruel para m铆 que ver a un chico bueno que termina convirti茅ndose en villano.Actualizaci贸n 04/10/2018.
Esto ser谩 una rese帽a muy larga y necesito pensar ideas primero.
July 28, 2023
"Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard, that a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers."
The film, of course, is iconic but this book is surprisingly complex with some nuanced characterisation - but only in the men! Women are sidelined throughout other than as wives and mothers and punch-bags for their husbands. There's even a weird scene where a woman has vaginal reconstructive surgery and is ever-lastingly grateful to her boyfriend-later-husband who suggests it - yeurgh!
But leaving aside the 1960s gendered attitudes that accept domestic abuse as normal, Puzo can write a mean action scene and there are chapters that are nail-biting with tension. There are also, however, stray chapters that don't link into the story very well at all, and a flashback to Vito Corleone's past that is better placed in the films where it comes into Godfather 2.
What is so interesting to me is that this is written with quite a lot of sympathy for the Corleone family. In a world which is endemically unfair, where justice fails due to corruption and greed and political expediency (the opening scene shows an Italian man watch the young men who assaulted his teenage daughter walk smugly free from court because the judge is a political connection of their fathers), the Family becomes a sort of Robin Hood institution (name-checked in the book) which operates outside of the law but which has a vigilante role in enforcing 'true' justice and also fighting for the 'small' people who have no voice of their own. Vito stands up for widows faced with predatory landlords, for example, and it's no coincidence that the Corleones have deep ties with labour unions.
Nevertheless, the book chooses a time of transition, the ten years after the end of WW2, when the more benevolent patriarchy of the Family is being forced to change. The lures of the narcotics trade are making themselves felt and with such huge sums of money at stake, the business that Vito Corleone refuses as a dirty trade, ends up undermining the Family anyway.
In lots of ways this is a story about generational change and fathers and sons. The old power of men like Vito Corleone who see themselves as responsible for their people, is passing and modernity puts power into the hands of young men who have been brutalised by the combat of WW2 and have no qualms about making their money from drugs: as Vito says to Michael, 'But I'm old fashioned, you're the new modern generation, don't listen to me.'
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