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# Premium Gift Packaging Inspired Legendary Film Classic Bestseller Status The Godfather: The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film

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## Key Features

- • **Highly Rated:** 4.7/5 stars from over 25,000 readers—join the community of devoted fans.
- • **Cinematic Roots:** The original story that shaped an iconic film, offering deeper character insights.
- • **Timeless Bestseller:** Ranked #142 in Fiction Classics, a must-have for discerning readers.
- • **Immersive Storytelling:** Rich, multi-dimensional characters that bring the Corleone family to life beyond the screen.
- • **Collector’s Edition Packaging:** Arrives in elegant packaging, perfect for gifting or personal libraries.

## Overview

The Godfather by Mario Puzo is a critically acclaimed classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film. Published in English and beautifully packaged, this edition is ideal for gifting or personal collection. With a 4.7-star rating from over 25,000 reviews and a top ranking in Fiction Classics, it offers readers a rich, immersive experience into the complex world of the Corleone family, going beyond the film’s narrative to reveal deeper character insights.

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Buy The Godfather: The classic bestseller that inspired the legendary film 1 by Puzo, Mario (ISBN: 9780099528128) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Amazing - This is not the sort of book I normally read: crime, murder, family feuds - but I have seen the films many times and I bought the book on a Kindle daily deal - I like to collect classics. The first thing to say is, it is beautifully written and with affinity for each of the main characters and their point of view, as they enter the story. I cannot say how much of the three dimensionality - or sometimes four-dimensionality - of the characters I feel is due to the book itself, or my familiarity with the films; it can't be separated now. That leads me on to the next thing I must mention, which is the first thing I noticed on reading this book. The first part of the book and the first part of the film are almost identical, so I was in familiar territory. We are at Connie's wedding party, in the grounds of the Corleone family estate and it is almost as if, like 2001, the two were written synonymously. I have to say that this makes the film enormously clever, I feel, to pull off such a thing - but then, Mario Puzo was heavily involved in the making of the film - and I might have felt very differently about it, if I had read the book first (I hated Disney's Winnie the Pooh!). The book, however, contains a lot of detail that is not in the film - a whole different dimension to both Johnny Fontane, and Lucy Mancini (Sonny's Mistress) and, even having seen the films many times, I still thoroughly enjoyed it - in fact, it was comforting to have ready made images I could call up, for these characters, which did not clash with the book in any way. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable, well-written book, with few grammatical errors and I am on to the next one now, while my husband, who has been anxiously waiting in the wings, for me to finish this one, commences to devour it, probably in half the time it took me!
Review: Brilliant - Brilliant book. If you have seen the movie you will not be disappointed with this book. Goes more in depth than the movie and offers some very interesting insights to the characters

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 17,566 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 108 in Fiction Classics (Books) 500 in Society, Politics & Philosophy 1,195 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (25,942) |
| Dimensions  | 13.1 x 3.9 x 19.8 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0099528126 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0099528128 |
| Item weight  | 415 g |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | The Godfather |
| Print length  | 608 pages |
| Publication date  | 2 July 2009 |
| Publisher  | Arrow |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing
*by B***E on 29 April 2022*

This is not the sort of book I normally read: crime, murder, family feuds - but I have seen the films many times and I bought the book on a Kindle daily deal - I like to collect classics. The first thing to say is, it is beautifully written and with affinity for each of the main characters and their point of view, as they enter the story. I cannot say how much of the three dimensionality - or sometimes four-dimensionality - of the characters I feel is due to the book itself, or my familiarity with the films; it can't be separated now. That leads me on to the next thing I must mention, which is the first thing I noticed on reading this book. The first part of the book and the first part of the film are almost identical, so I was in familiar territory. We are at Connie's wedding party, in the grounds of the Corleone family estate and it is almost as if, like 2001, the two were written synonymously. I have to say that this makes the film enormously clever, I feel, to pull off such a thing - but then, Mario Puzo was heavily involved in the making of the film - and I might have felt very differently about it, if I had read the book first (I hated Disney's Winnie the Pooh!). The book, however, contains a lot of detail that is not in the film - a whole different dimension to both Johnny Fontane, and Lucy Mancini (Sonny's Mistress) and, even having seen the films many times, I still thoroughly enjoyed it - in fact, it was comforting to have ready made images I could call up, for these characters, which did not clash with the book in any way. All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable, well-written book, with few grammatical errors and I am on to the next one now, while my husband, who has been anxiously waiting in the wings, for me to finish this one, commences to devour it, probably in half the time it took me!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant
*by A***Y on 21 September 2025*

Brilliant book. If you have seen the movie you will not be disappointed with this book. Goes more in depth than the movie and offers some very interesting insights to the characters

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A mixed bag but definitely readable.
*by J***N on 25 August 2023*

If you haven’t seen the films (well, parts 1 and 2, I haven’t seen 3) you definitely should - they’re classics of cinema. Some scenes are definitely better in the films than the book (I’m thinking of Michael in the restaurant and young Vito in the tenements). As for the book - the ‘gangster stuff’ is very good. Tense murder scenes, believable characterisation for some of the main players (the Don especially), and a good depiction of how, while these guys are mostly not ‘evil’, their activities have a corrosive effect on society. The writing quality is mixed but Puzo does a great job of evoking the beauty of Sicily in the chapters set there. On the downside, the treatment of women is…not great. Yes, I know it’s set in the forties and fifties and written in the sixties, but it’s still irritating noticing that Puzo tends to describe women in terms of their attractiveness or otherwise, and there are several cringey sex scenes. The dynamic between Mama Corleone and Kay is very good (even if I don’t believe Kay would have stuck around), but the less said about Lucy Mancini and her gynae issues, the better. I also didn’t care for Johnny Fontane, his fading voice and his ‘broads’.

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