![]() ![]() ('Choosing a Dream' by Mario Puzo, Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1999) Night shift and spent most of his working hours sleeping in freightĬars," Puzo recalled. "But everybody hated their jobs except my oldest brother who had a Time or another Puzo and his brothers also worked for the railroad. Marriage her first husband had been killed in a dokcs accident. Puzo's mother had four children from a previous His father worked as a railway trackman for the New Maria Le Conti Puzo, were illiterate immigrants from Avellino, a town Mario Puzo was born into an immigrant family in New York City "Don," and sometimes the more affectionate salutation of "Godfather." ![]() His reward? Friendship, the respectful title of And he would let nothing stand in the way to a solution Powerless the supplicant, Don Corleone would take that man's troubles That he be your friend, it was not even important that you had no means More powerful forces in the world than himself. No empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by Whom everybody came for help, and never were they disappointed. Had never met a gangster in his life before writing his cynical bestseller. Through its film adaptation, and the saying "I'll make him an offer heĬan't refuse" has became a cliché. This work had a deep impact on American society Novel stayed on The New York Times' best-seller list for A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĪmerican novelist, best-known for his Godfather saga. ![]()
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