Mario Puzo’s The Godfather follows the Corleone family, a powerful Mafia clan in postwar New York led by Vito Corleone. When an attack on the don pulls his youngest son, Michael, into the family’s business, loyalty, revenge, and succession collide. The novel explores power, honor, and the cost of belonging, turning a crime saga into a story of family and moral compromise.
Date: 1969 (United States)
Length: ~446 pages (varies by edition)
Cultural impact: ~24.683.000 copies (estimates)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller,
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"It is absolutely true that Mario 'made' me and his novel The Godfather changed my life" — Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather films
"What I discovered was that lurking within was a great story almost classical in its nature; that of a king with three sons, each of whom had inherited an aspect of his personality" — Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather films
"Mr. Puzo's novel is a voyeur's dream, a skillful fantasy of violent personal power without consequences" — Roger Jellinek, The New York Times
"Rather than portraying him as a big shot, I thought it would be more effective to play him as a modest quiet man, the way he was in the book" — Marlon Brando, actor who played Don Vito Corleone
"What elevates the book, what made it such a monster bestseller and why Puzo was hired to co-write the screenplay, is the author's talent for dialogue" — Robert Crampton, journalist, The Times
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