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4.3 · 450 pages · First published 1969
The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. Puzo's dedication for The Godfather is "For Anthony Cleri". The novel's epigraph is by the French author Honoré de Balzac: "Behind every great fortune there is a crime." The novel covers the years 1945 to 1955 and includes the back story of Vito Corleone from early childhood to adulthood.
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Detective and mystery storiesOrganized crimeCriminalsItalian AmericansMafiaFictionCriminals in fictionDramaItalian Americans in fictionMafia in fictionOrganized crime in fictionRomanceCorleone family (Fictitious characters)English fictionCrime, fictionCriminals, fictionItalian americans, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalCorleone family (Personajes literarios)
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- G.P. Putnam, Arrow Books Ltd, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Izd-vo politicheskoĭ literatury, New Amer Library Trade, Penguin Publishing Group
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- ita, dut, spa, pol, chi, vie, rus, enm