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  2. The Godfather (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published on 10 March 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1] the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City and Long Island, headed by Vito Corleone: the Godfather. The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955 and includes the backstory of Vito Corleone from ...

  3. Mario Puzo - Wikipedia

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    Mario Francis Puzo (/ ˈ p uː z oʊ /; Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈputtso,-ddzo]; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter.He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

  4. The Godfather (book series) - Wikipedia

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    The Godfather: Mario Puzo: 0-399-10342-2: 10 March 1969 The Corleone family fights a mob war with the other four Mafia families in New York in the years after World War II. The war sees the ascent of Don Vito Corleone's youngest son Michael, who previously held his family's crime enterprise in low regard. With Vito retired at the conclusion of ...

  5. Nicholas Gage - Wikipedia

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    In 1985, the company had inked an overall production deal with Paramount Pictures, whereas Gage would develop offices for Paramount's New York headquarters. [2] Gage was an Executive Producer of The Godfather Part III, co-writing an early draft of the script with Mario Puzo.

  6. The Godfather - Wikipedia

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    The film is based on Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 67 weeks and sold over nine million copies in two years. [8] [9] [10] Published in 1969, it became the best selling published work in history for several years. [11] Burt Lancaster and Danny Thomas both expressed interest adapting the book ...

  7. Mark Winegardner - Wikipedia

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    His novels include The Godfather Returns, Crooked River Burning, and The Veracruz Blues. He published a collection of short stories, That's True of Everybody, in 2002. His newest novel, The Godfather's Revenge, was published in November 2006 by Putnam. His Godfather novels continue the story of the Corleone family depicted in Mario Puzo's The ...

  8. Corleone family - Wikipedia

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    The Corleone family are fictional characters in both the novels and the films created by Mario Puzo, first appearing in his 1969 novel, The Godfather. They are an organized crime family originating from the Sicilian town of Corleone, and based in New York City. The Corleone family has drawn comparisons with the real-life Genovese and Bonanno ...

  9. List of The New York Times number-one books of 1969

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    This is a list of books that topped The New York Times best-seller list in 1969. Fiction ... The Godfather: Mario Puzo: September 28 October 5 October 12 October 19