The Godfather | Critical Overview
Early reviews of the book acknowledged its potential for popular success while at the same time praising Puzo for his understanding of the Mafia culture. Pete Axthelm wrote in Newsweek,
This is a big, turbulent, highly entertaining novel with ingredients that should assure its place on the bestseller lists: ample sex, a veritable orgy of bloodshed in many exotic forms, and several characters titillatingly reminiscent of real-life public figures.
In the Nation, Fred J. Cook called it a "brawling, irresistible tale" that "brings the reality [of...
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