The Family Corleone

The Corleone (English Original title: "The Family Corleone " ) is a novel by Edward Falco from a screenplay by Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather.

When Mario Puzo died in 1999, he left the prehistory to The Godfather in the form of a script. Edward Falco is processed into a novel.

The book by Hannes Riffel in Germany and was translated published on 23 June 2012 by Klett- Cotta Verlag.

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The book is set in the period from winter 1933 to spring 1934 in New York. At this time, making the Great Depression the population difficulties, but the illegal alcohol trade is booming all the more. This situation makes use of the 40 -year-old Vito Corleone to earn money in addition to its trade in olive oil. As 1933 comes to an end Prohibition in the United States, must Vito new businesses open up, and for example in the gambling trade, foremost, to defend his previous transactions against other Italian families and Irish gangs.

In addition there are family problems Vitos son Sonny Corleone knows that the olive oil trade of his father is only a disguise and wants to break into the illegal business, instead of continuing to pursue his career in the automotive industry.

Vito's adopted son Tom Hagen is sleeping with the girlfriend of Luca Brasi is a dangerous and dreaded man who wants to kill Tom because of that.

All these problems must Vito Corleone deal in history to defend his family and to finally prevail over all families and gangs and become the Don, he is in The Godfather.