The Godfather The Godfather, by Mario Puzzo, is a great book that brings back the feudal system of the Mafiosi. The movie like the book is, in my opinion, one of the all time greats. The book ... , "the manner in which the guilty are humbled, in blood-soaked beds, seems somewhat scriptural, as if the godfather were omniscient as well as all-powerful"(Clarens, 278). Clarens commends Mario Puzo for "doing his homework". Puzo based the Corleone family on "a composite of various Mafia families, and set into a historical text"(Clarens, 285). Puzo even went as far as using ... ...

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