In the year 1969, Mario Puzo published his third and best known novel The Godfather, after a five year period of writing and revising. This work was primarily written by Puzo to make money, after his ... mafia ties. All of these claims were denyed by Puzo, yet many true members of organized crime stated that in this novel Puzo did know what he was talking about. Mario Puzo was great at researching, and researching is what he did to lay out this dramatic plot. Growing up as an Italian American, Puzo brought into the novel such codes ... ...

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