Brilliantly immersive book (The Godfather - Mario Puzo)

Member Name: joerobo

Product:	The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Date:	28/05/09 (51 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Amazing detail and subplots

Disadvantages: Long and contains lots of adult material

This is a fantastic book and one of the very few books tat I have read more than once. for those that do not know the plot of the Godfather from either the book or the film, it is set around the mafia in New York and really concerns the changeover of power from one generation to another within a family.

This book is incredibly thick and the reason for this is that it tells all sorts of side tales. This may annoy some people who prefer a more concise book with a more to the point plot however I think most people will agree that this is one of the things that makes this book so good. It means that you feel really immersed in the lives of the people Puzo describes and feel very immersed in the whole world of crime and shadiness that he creates.

This has all sorts of stuff in that means you wouldn't want someone too young to read it, but besides this I would strongly recommend that anyone who is partial to tales of crime gets hold of a copy of this and gives it a read regardless of whether they have seen the film/s.

Summary: Well worth the read