The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo

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crime novel mafia novel novel

"The Godfather" is Mario Puzo’s landmark crime novel that chronicles the powerful and morally complex Corleone mafia family, forming the basis for one of the most acclaimed sagas in modern fiction and film.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
mafia novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The Godfather ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather (1972 film)

The Godfather Part II ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather Part II (1974 film)

The Godfather Part III ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather Part III (1990 film)
author Mario Puzo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist S. Neil Fujita ⓘ
depictsEthnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
surface form: Italian Americans
depictsOrganization Corleone crime family ⓘ
followedBy The Sicilian ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn crime fiction genre ⓘ
mafia films ⓘ
hasTheme American Dream ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
power ⓘ
tradition versus modernity ⓘ
mainCharacter Carlo Rizzi ⓘ
Connie Corleone ⓘ
Emilio Barzini ⓘ
Fredo Corleone ⓘ
Johnny Fontane ⓘ
Kay Adams ⓘ
Luca Brasi ⓘ
Michael Corleone ⓘ
Peter Clemenza ⓘ
Salvatore Tessio ⓘ
Sonny Corleone ⓘ
Tom Hagen ⓘ
Virgil Sollozzo ⓘ
Vito Corleone ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableAward The New York Times Best Seller list ⓘ
surface form: New York Times bestseller list (long-running)
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount ~448 (first edition) ⓘ
partOf The Godfather trilogy ⓘ
surface form: The Godfather franchise
publicationDate 1969 ⓘ
publisher G. P. Putnam’s Sons ⓘ
surface form: G. P. Putnam's Sons
screenAdaptationCoWriter Mario Puzo ⓘ
screenAdaptationDirector Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
timeSpanOfFiction 1945–1955 ⓘ

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The Godfather Part II → basedOn → The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo ⓘ