About a month ago I got into a Twitter discussion about The Godfather. We were discussing how great both the book and the movie were. This conversation revealed that one of the participants hadn't read the novel. It has been a number of years since I read the novel and here I was saying how great it was. I wanted to reread it to make sure I had my suggestions right.
This week the book The Godfather by Mario Puzo caught my eye.
It Begins:
Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number 3 and waited for justice; vengeance on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her.
On Page 56:
So Hagen started again, speaking in the most ordinary voice. "Look at my card," he said. "I'm a lawyer. Would I stick my neck out? Have I uttered one threatening word? Let me just say that I am prepared to meet any condition you name to get Johnny Fontane that movie."
Verdict:
Well, if you know the movie or the story you know that this Hagen speech only does so much good. The man Hagen is talking to, Jack Woltz, gets a rude awakening a little later in the story. I'm not that far into reading the novel but I'm enjoying it and yes I still think the novel and the movie are both excelent.
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