M. Puzo "The Godfather"

The author of the book, Mario Puzo, was born in New York city. He served in World War ІІ, and studied writing at Columbia University and at the New School for Social Research. His first book, The Dark Arena, is considered the best novel written about postwar occupied Germany. His second novel, The Fortune Pilgrim, was called a “small classic” by The New York Times. The Godfather is Mario Puzo’s third novel.
The Godfather is the story of organized crime in the 1940's which revolves around the Corleone family. Don Vito Corleone is the head of a New York Mafia "family". Late in 1945, army veteran Michael Corleone brings his fiancee Kay Adams to meet his family on his sister's wedding day. His family, however, is a little different from most families. His father is Don Vito Corleone, a powerful Mafia boss known as "the Godfather." His brothers Sonny and Fredo are soldiers in the organization and Sonny is the most feared enforcer in New York. His adopted brother Tom Hagen is the lawyer who handles the financial details of the family business. Scattered around the wedding reception are such luminaries as legendary hit man Luca Brasi, world-famous singer Johnny Fontane, and Mafia capo Dominic Clemenza. After the reception, Don Vito, Sonny, and Tom, meet with Virgil Sollozzo, a drug smuggler supported by another Mafia family. He announces his intentions to start selling drugs all over New York and he wants them to become partners in his business. Don Vito hates the idea of drugs as he is quite happy with his hotel and gambling business and though Sollozzo offers attractive...

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