Work · Novel · 1969

The Godfather

Mario Puzo, author

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Units: 9 Books, 32 chapters

A crime novel following the Corleone Family of New York from 1945 to 1955, told in nine Books that interleave Don Vito Corleone's near-assassination and his son Michael's rise to power with standalone Books devoted to Johnny Fontane's Hollywood career, Vito's own Sicilian origin story, and Lucy Mancini's post-Sonny life in Las Vegas.

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Novel 1969 → Film 1972 · Direct adaptationThe GodfatherThe film keeps 18 of the novel's 25 source units, drops Vito's Sicilian origin, the Lucy Mancini subplot, and Kay's conversion, reduces Johnny Fontane's Hollywood arc to one favor and its payoff, and ends on a closed door instead of Kay's closing prayer.76composite · editorial

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