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The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner Book Summary
THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME
Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo’s great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story–the years not covered in Puzo’s bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic films.
It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York’s crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To do so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael. Their personal cold war will run from 1955 to 1962, exerting immense influence on the lives of America’s most powerful criminals and their loved ones, including
Tom Hagen, the Corleone Family’s lawyer and consigliere, who embarks on a political career in Nevada while trying to protect his brother;
Francesca Corleone, daughter of Michael’s late brother Sonny, who is suddenly learning her family’s true history and faces a difficult choice;
Don Louie Russo, head of the Chicago mob, who plays dumb but has wily ambitions for muscling in on the Corleones’ territory;
Peter Clemenza, the stalwart Corleone underboss, who knows more Family secrets than almost anyone;
Ambassador M. Corbett Shea, a former Prohibition-era bootlegger and business ally of the Corleones’, who wants to get his son elected to the presidency–and needs some help from his old friends;
Johnny Fontane, the world’s greatest saloon singer, who ascends to new heights as a recording artist, cozying up to Washington’s power elite and maintaining a precarious relationship with notorious underworld figures;
Kay Adams Corleone, who finally discovers the truth about her husband, Michael–and must decide what it means for their marriage and their children and
Fredo Corleone, whose death has never been fully explained until now, and whose betrayal of the Family was part of a larger and more sinister chain of events.
Sweeping from New York and Washington to Las Vegas and Cuba, The Godfather Returns is the spellbinding story of America’s criminal underworld at mid-century and its intersection with the political, legal, and entertainment empires. Mark Winegardner brings an original voice and vision to Mario Puzo’s mythic characters while creating several equally unforgettable characters of his own. The Godfather Returns stands on its own as a triumph–in a tale about what we love, yearn for, and sometimes have reason to fear . . . family.
Book Name | The Godfather Returns |
Genre | Mysteries & Thrillers |
Author | Mark Winegardner |
Published | 16 November 2004, Tuesday |
Language | English |
E-Book Size | 1.41 MB |
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Don't waste your time. After reading Mario Puzo you will be ready to throw this book across the room. These are my reasons why : 1) His writing style is incredibly cumbersome! 2) He does not explain some of the characters actions or Sicilian references and goes on and on about others. 3) He adds and deletes characters in addition to changing who they were when they were introduced in The Godfather. When did Fredo become bisexual? Disappointing...stopped reading 3/4 of the way through.
Never read this immediately after reading Puzo. This book just tries way too hard. The overly-clichéd writing style is like some bad film noire script, the characters are cartoonish caricatures, and one would think that Johnny Fontane is the only singer in the world and the fake Kennedy (Shea) is the only politician in the world. I feel that the original characters from The Godfather are being molested by pathetically bad dialogue. Read The Family Corleone... it's not perfect but much better than this fan fiction.
The godfather returns. If you are a die hard godfather fan, do yourself a favor and do NOT buy this book. The author seems to have had no story as he wanders aimlessly throughout the book. He actually includes entire transcripts from Fredos tv show in Vegas?!?! He spends chapters on Sonny's daughters college experiences?! A great deal of the book is predictable as he uses the speculative Kennedy/Sinatra relationship (that we've all heard) as HIS story. I've never submitted a review before and made myself read this entire book so I could bash it with a clear conscience. If you need a godfather fix try the Family Corleone. Not great but worth a look and written by author who gave some effort. Shame on you Winegardner, Mario must be spinning in his grave! By the way, I had to give it one star or I couldn't post my review.
Not Quite the Same. This book has a good enough story and characters to be a fantastic book, however be prepared for it to be different enough from Mario Puzo's writing style to seem like the characters and story are not the same as Mario Puzo's "The Godfather".
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The The Godfather Returns book written by Mark Winegardner was published on 16 November 2004, Tuesday in the Mysteries & Thrillers category. A total of 106 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.
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