By Mario Puzo
The tale of Don Vito Corleone, the top of a brand new York Mafia kinfolk, encouraged the most profitable videos ever. it really is in Mario Puzo's The Godfather that Corleone first appears to be like. As Corleone's determined fight to regulate the Mafia underworld unfolds, so does the tale of his relatives. the radical is filled with exquisitely designated characters who, regardless of major unconventional life inside of a infamous crime kin, event the triumphs and screw ups of the human . packed with the considered necessary valor, love, and rancor of an outstanding epic, The Godfather is the definitive gangster novel.
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He thrust his face angrily close to the face of the driver, who did not flinch but flapped open his wallet to show a green identification card. Sonny stepped back without saying a word. He spat so that the spittle hit the back door of the sedan and walked away. He was hoping the driver would get out of the sedan and come after him, on the mall, but nothing happened. When he reached the steps he said to his father, “Those guys are FBI men. They’re taking down all the license numbers. ” Don Corleone knew who they were.
And soon. After all, he was not immortal. From the garden, startling all three men, there came a happy roaring shout. Sonny Corleone pressed close to the window. What he saw made him move quickly toward the door, a delighted smile on his face. ” Hagen moved to the window. “It’s really your godson,” he said to Don Corleone. ” “No,” the Don said. “Let the people enjoy him. ” He smiled at Hagen. “You see? ” Hagen felt a twinge of jealousy. He said dryly, “It’s been two years. ” asked Don Corleone.
Oh, they were all happy now, they were smiling now. The black bile, sourly bitter, rose in Bonasera’s throat, overflowed through tightly clenched teeth. He used his white linen pocket handkerchief and held it against his lips. He was standing so when the two young men strode freely up the aisle, confident and cool-eyed, smiling, not giving him so much as a glance. He let them pass without saying a word, pressing the fresh linen against his mouth. The parents of the animales were coming by now, two men and two women his age but more American in their dress.