Title: The Godfather
First published: October 5, 2004
Description: 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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Also contained in:

 - [The Godfather / The Fortunate Pilgrim](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7920005W)
 - [The Godfather / The Last Don](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1673242W)
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Organized crime, Criminals, Italian Americans, Mafia, Fiction, Criminals in fiction, Drama, Italian Americans in fiction, Mafia in fiction, Organized crime in fiction, Romance, Corleone family (Fictitious characters), English fiction, Crime, fiction, Criminals, fiction, Italian americans, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Corleone family (Personajes literarios), Novela, Crimen organizado, German language (Texts), Chinese books (Simplified characters), Crime
Places: New York, United States, New York Criminal Court Number 3, Las Vegas, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)
People: Corleone family, Amerigo Bonasera, Vito Corleone, Santino Corleone, Frederico Corleone, Michael Corleone, Constanzia Corleone, Thomas Hagen, Johnny Fontane, Kay Adams, Peter Clemenza, Salvatore TessioLuca Brasi, Albert Neri, Rocco Lampone, Carlo Rizzi
LC classification: PS'3566'U9'G64