Mario Puzo

Mark Winegardner

This novel takes place in the years 1955-1965, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political manoeuvring' - and how, in winning the battle that year, Michael Corleone set the stage to lose the war. Originally published: London: Heinemann, 2004.

The Lost Years

The Godfather

Hana 

The Don sighed. "Well, then I can't talk to you about how you should behave. Don't you want to finish school, don't you want to be a lawyer?

Lawyers can steal more money with a briefcase than a thousand men with guns and masks."

He claimed that there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend underestimate your virtues.

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