![]() ![]() But perhaps I am getting ahead of myself. And yet, there are statements here, commentary by author Mario Puzo about the environment in which the Sicilian mafia like that of the Corleone family rose. Pay attention to a world where the highest value is loyalty and where blood is thicker than love, a chauvinistic world where men rule over their women and where women refrain from asking too many questions. Pay attention as the Godfather builds his empire, plots against his rivals, and establishes plausible deniability, all set on a foundation of Sicilian honor, “omerta,” and business. As written by Mario Puzo, The Godfather is something that pulls you in, grasps you, and demands you pay attention. When a co-worker promised that “The movie was good, but the book was better,” I decided to test the thesis.Īnd, indeed, I wonder if I’ll ever need to even try the movie after reading The Godfather. ![]() I’m one of the few people I know that has not watched Francis Ford Coppola’s film classic The Godfather. ![]()
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