The Godfather: The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film

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Filmden farklı kısımları var, beğendiğim bir filmin kitabı olduğu icin ilgiyle okudum

`The Godfather' by Mario Puzo. What a journey! There was a copy of this book in my mother's library. In all those years I have never read it. Of course I did see the movies a while back, but it has been quite some time. The book and the fluid prose within was fresh to me. I think I will order the movies. I couldn't put it down. Puzo creates characters that are complicated and somewhat fleshed out. The `family' is a complicated place to exist, and one must be complicated to survive. The story is heavy on plot for- let's face it- plot makes a great Mafiosi story become an outstanding Mafiosi story. The heart and drive of the story comes from the Don's rejection of an offer to do business with Virgil Sollozzo, who has the backing of the Tattaglia family. Sollozzo's reaction to the rejection sets off a series of events that reverberates through the lives of every character. The Don's reasoning for the rejection is simple: it assaults his integrity and belief system. He sees that the offer can make a lot of money in the short-run. But the Don is far-sighted and knows such a business will destroy everything he built, and will ultimately decimate his beloved family. This creates a war between the 5 Families, and the repercussions of this war are felt not only in New York, but in the burgeoning Las Vegas, and in the sunny countryside of Corleone Sicily, Italy. I will not go into the story here. Puzo leaves a few questions unanswered in this book. I am going to move forward hoping that these will be addressed in `The Sicilian'. Puzo moves the story along in blocks, or major events. It is a different style of storytelling than I am used to, but an easy one to adjust to. The story is set up like a chess board, with each character being positioned to drive story. Yet, at the same time each character and their actions are driven by the events unfolding in their lives. It is a fine, fine line to walk as an author, and Puzo deftly does just that. Just a side note; Mario Puzo has a little fixation on male and female genitalia that kind of just sits there. I felt it added nothing to the story. I could make the argument that Puzo's fascination with Santino's (Sonny) extraordinarily large penis was a direct correlation with the size of Sonny's ego, bravado, and attitude. I didn't feel it was needed. Puzo was able to clearly show Sonny's impulsiveness, rage, and ego through Sonny's actions and reactions. I don't know. Maybe it was just me. I loved the book. It has taken me 35 years to get to it. There are a few books that maybe one should wait until they are a little older to understand and comprehend the nuances of the author. I feel this might have been one of those books. Had I read it all those years ago, I may have read the same story completely differently. There are several authors I feel this way about. I am glad I found this book at the flea market used books stand. Best $1.00 I ever spent!

Excelente livro, a logística Amazon dos EUA e a Loggi fizeram um bom trabalho.

Nachdem ich schon eine ganze Weile großer Fan der Godfather Filme war erschien es mir höchste Zeit, dass ich endlich die Vorlage dafür lese. Das Buch hat mich auf allen Ebenen begeistert und mir extrem viel Spaß gemacht es zu lesen. Auch wenn oft kritisiert wird, dass das Buch eine Verherrlichung und Verharmlosung mafiöser Strukturen sei, zählt es für mich doch zu meinen Lieblingsbüchern. Mario Puzi gibt hier einen interessanten 'Einblick' in die Strukturen und Denkweisen des organisierten Verbrechens in den Vereinigen Staaten Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Fokus liegt zwar ganz klar auf Vito und Michael Corleone, aber auch die anderen Charaktere sind m.E. gut durchdacht und werden schön durchleuchtet, dass man soviel aus ihren Viten erfährt wie es für die Handlung relevant ist. Eine Person wie Vito Corleone zeigt für mich sehr schön, wie hilfreich es sein kann selbst bei größtem Dissens und innerer Ablehnung einen respektvollen Umgang miteinander zu pflegen und auch Kompromisse einzugehen ohne die eigenen innersten Überzeugungen aufzugeben. Meiner Meinung nach spiegelt es sich auch bei den Filmen wieder, dass der Teil (I), der am nächsten an der Buchvorlage ist, der am höchsten gelobte und ein Klassiker der Filmgeschichte ist während der Teil (III) der nichts mehr mit dem Buch zu tun hat auch am heftigsten kritisiert wird.

I love The Godfather, it's a great book and it goes the same for the movie. This is a really great story