The Godfather (novel)

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crime novel mafia novel novel

The Godfather is a 1969 crime novel by Mario Puzo that chronicles the powerful and violent world of the Corleone mafia family in mid-20th-century America.

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Label	Occurrences
The Godfather (novel) canonical	10
The Godfather (1969 novel)	6
The Godfather	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime novel ⓘ mafia novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Godfather (1972 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather (video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather Part II (1974 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Mario Puzo NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depictsOrganization	Corleone crime family NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ drama ⓘ gangster fiction ⓘ
hasSequel	The Godfather Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ The Godfather's Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sicilian (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISBN	978-0-399-10342-1 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Carlo Rizzi NERFINISHED ⓘ Connie Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilio Barzini NERFINISHED ⓘ Fredo Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Fontane NERFINISHED ⓘ Kay Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ Luca Brasi NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Moe Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Clemenza NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvatore Tessio NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil Sollozzo NERFINISHED ⓘ Vito Corleone NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	rise and succession of the Corleone family ⓘ
notableFor	influence on gangster genre ⓘ portrayal of the Italian-American mafia ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
pageCount	approximately 448 ⓘ
publicationDate	1969 ⓘ
publisher	G. P. Putnam's Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInCity	Las Vegas NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInCountry	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
settingDetail	New York mafia underworld ⓘ
theme	American Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ family loyalty ⓘ organized crime ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ violence ⓘ

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Mario Puzo → notableWork → The Godfather (novel) ⓘ

Mario Puzo → wrote → The Godfather (novel) ⓘ

Sterling Relyea Walter → notableWork → The Godfather (novel) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Godfather

Vito Corleone → appearsIn → The Godfather (novel) ⓘ

Vito Corleone → firstAppearance → The Godfather (novel) ⓘ