The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition

· The Godfather Book 1 · Sold by Penguin
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50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION—WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Mario Puzo’s classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenonnominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.


With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather burned its way into our national consciousness. 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.

A #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. It is the original classic that has been often imitated, but never matched. 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.

With a Note from Anthony Puzo and an Afterword by Robert J. Thompson

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Vasili Panin
June 21, 2017
Best movie a book ever made stand alone as a book puzo is standard pulp news rack fare. How ever its translation to a movie was complete and perfect except for the pervy bit about the doctor that reconstructed the girls big 🐯 into a custom fitted lil 🐈
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Matthew Pena
March 28, 2020
I like many others, had seen and fallen in love with the corleone family on the big screen but this read was like diving into the world even deeper, every scene means so much more after reading the Godfather, however if you have not seen the film this is still an amazing read and arguably better.
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LifaZ
November 8, 2018
It is often stated the book is better than the movie, and with how epic The Godfather movies are, it holds true that The Godfather Book is pure genius only the likes of a Mario Puzo can deliver.
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About the author

The son of Italian immigrants who moved to the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City, Mario Puzo was born on October 15, 1920. After World War II, during which he served as a U.S. Army corporal, he attended City College of New York on the G.I. Bill and worked as a freelance writer. During this period he wrote his first two novels The Dark Arena (1955) and The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965).

When his books made little money despite being critically acclaimed, he vowed to write a bestseller. The Godfather (1969) was an enormous success. He collaborated with director Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplays for all three Godfather movies and won Academy Awards for both The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather, Part II (1974). He also collaborated on the scripts for such films as Superman (1978), Superman II (1981), and The Cotton Club (1984). He continued to write phenomenally successful novels, including Fools Die (1978), The Sicilian (1984), The Fourth K (1991), and The Last Don (1996). Mario Puzo died on July 2, 1999. His final novel, Omerta, was published in 2000.

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