The Godfather - The Bestseller Library Author:Mario Puzo The explosive story of Mafia leader Don Vito Corleone and his sons has quickly achieved the status of a modern classic of American fiction. A gripping, often horrifying novel of organized crime in the United States, it offers a powerful portrait of men and women who live, love and die by a strange and fatal code of honor... — Don Coreleone - a lo... more »ving father, a generous friend, and a ruthless patriarch of the family business - organized crime...
Sonny Corleone - his eldest son, tall, sensual, hot-tempered and dangerously impulsive...
Mike Coreleone - the youngest son, who tries - unsuccessfully - to break out of the family mold...
Kay Adams - wealthy, aristocratic, in love with Mike - and totally naive about the family "business"...
Victor Solozzo - a rival mob boss who proposes a new business venture, then starts a war when he's turned down...
Senators, officials and cops - all of them on the take...
These and many more play dramatic roles in this totally convincing picture of the modern underworld. As engrossing as it is terrifying, The Godfather has already enthralled millions of readers and inspired two critically acclaimed motion pictures. In the process, it has established itself as a work of true literary merit, and a novel that promises to attract new readers for generations to come.