The Family by Mario Puzo7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Listening to the book gives us so much more detail about the Corleones and their fellow Mafia families. Most of us have seen the movie, I imagine, but listening to the marvelous Joe Mantegna tell the story lets us know that Mario Puzo wrote all those incredible scenes that Francis Ford Coppola turned into one of the greatest movies of the 20th century. The book upon which the movie was based, this is an astonishing feat of fiction writing. With a Note from Anthony Puzo and an Afterword by Robert J. ![]() A tale of family and society, law and order, obedience and rebellion, it reveals the dark passions of human nature played out against a backdrop of the American dream. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. ![]() This unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld.Ī #1 New York Times bestseller in 1969, Mario Puzo's epic was turned into the incomparable film of the same name, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. Mario Puzo's classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon - nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA ![]()
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