The Godfather [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
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More than 40 years ago, Mario Puzo wrote his iconic portrait of the Mafia underworld, as told through the fictional first family of American crime, the Corleones. The leader, Vito Corleone, is the Godfather. He is a benevolent despot who stops at nothing to gain and hold power. His command post is a fortress on Long Island from which he presides over a vast underground empire that includes the rackets, gambling, bookmaking, and unions. His influence runs through all levels of American society, from the cop on the beat to the nation's mighty.
Mario Puzo, a master storyteller, introduces us to unforgettable characters, and the elements of this world explode to life in this violent and impassioned chronicle.
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- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 18 hours and 8 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: March 12, 2012
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B007JSDY7W
The Godfather is, in many ways, not just a novel - it is an experience, after which your life will never be the same again. I have not the least of doubts in calling it 'the best, most influential and deep-cutting that I have ever read.' In its sheer departure from being just a general, run-of-the-mill tale about idolizing a particular individual, the novel presents to us with a ringside view of the workings of the Mafia, and more importantly, the lives of the people who are involved in it, directly or indirectly.
The novel starts off with a quote from Balzac - "Behind every great fortune, there is a crime." That, in effect, sets the tone for the entire novel. Mario Puzo, the author, ruthlessly captures the travails of a New York Don, Vito Corleone, who is, to quote the words of his son, "not a crazy gunning mobster", and his family.
Puzo presents to us an entire array of different characters - be it the short-tempered Sonny, or the dreary undertaker Bonasera, or the ever-faithful Luca, the cool-headed Tom, the 'Turk' Sollozzo, or the pleasant outsider Kay Adams, each character enters our world, refusing to leave. We are impressed by most of these essentially evil people because the story is told in an entirely closed world (of crime) and so we tend to love characters whom we would, in the normal course, detest.
The novel is, basically, about just two persons, Don Vito Corleone and his son, Michael, who after refusing to accept his father's ways, finally comes to terms with the reality and takes up the 'family business'.
Puzo shows us why he is the great author he really is! The character of the Don pervades our thoughts more than most (or almost all) other fictional characters do.
Just finished a complete word for word re-read of "The Godfather," and once again left the book in awe. --- I do believe that it is a vastly underrated novel, in terms of pure literary accomplishment, and that is unfortunate. Few books I've read contain such a compelling narrative, such a rich and lavish vocabulary and so much skilled presentation of character and circumstance. ----- The novel works as literature on all levels. --- What made it a blockbuster? I am still intrigued by that question. Undoubtedly, it was the combination of a true family saga with the genuine backstory of organized crime. --- Stories of families -- of how they come to define themselves, and how they manage to survive -- are always potentially powerful. And this is a story of an American immigrant family with a remarkable twist. As for being the backstory of a great criminal organization, the book appeared at a time when America was more hungry for the "backstory" of its villains and heroes than ever before. Today we take all those backstories for granted. We're used to the comic book monster who weeps or the vampire who pours out his soul or the gangster who makes us cry when he's shot. But when this book first appeared, the love of the backstory of the cliched villain was just developing, and the hyper-intimacy of the Godfather's portrait of thugs and murderers was stunning. It was genius of Puzo to take the Italian Mafioso gangster, so often the heavy in novels and and TV and films, and tell the tale from his point of view, and the points of view of those who surrounded him and admired him, or even loved him -- his family, criminal associates and intimate friends.
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