The Godfather: Library Edition

from terricoop

Hmmm . . . how to review "The Godfather." This book is the pinnacle of Mario Puzo's career. I've read all of his novels, and while they are all fine, Godfather is his ultimate triumph. The story of the Corleone family is the story of America and one version of the American Dream. The book is so w...

from DabOfDarkness

Set in the 1940s and 1950s in mostly New York, the Corleone family is at the heart of a well organized crime ring. Vito Corleone, the Don of the family, keeps his fingers in all the local businesses, legal or otherwise. He's always a gentleman, holding manners and respect in high regard. However,...

from datrappert

Impossible to put down. Puzo is not a great writer by any means - he repeats certain descriptions to the point that you want to scream - but the story is absolutely compelling. I had this book around the house for years, then picked it up in desperation when I needed something to read in the bath...

from longhorndaniel

Top 5 books of all time; makes you love and hate people at the same time; gives you characters that just can't be real then you see them lose it all; makes you feel all the sadness; heartache; triumphs and celebrations of life while seeing the ugliness of man and how low he will go to get what he...

from LisaMaria_C

The first two Godfather films are considered two of the greatest films of all time. I can't say the same of the novel. It's not Great Literature (tm) on a par with novels of Austen or Hugo, but it's not quite a trashy Jacqueline Susann read either. Although like Susann's Valley of the Dolls and m...