Inverarity is not a Scottish village

One-line summary: Vito Corleone would drink Tony Soprano's milkshake.



Reviews:

Amazon: Average 4.7. Mode: 5 stars.
Goodreads: Average 4.21. Mode: 5 stars.

The story of Don Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia family, inspired some of the most successful movies ever. It is in Mario Puzo's The Godfather that Corleone first appears. As Corleone's desperate struggle to control the Mafia underworld unfolds, so does the story of his family. The novel is full of exquisitely detailed characters who, despite leading unconventional lifestyles within a notorious crime family, experience the triumphs and failures of the human condition. Filled with the requisite valor, love, and rancor of a great epic, The Godfather is the definitive gangster novel.

( Is the book better than the movie? )

Verdict: This is a classic for a reason. That reason is not the great writing. In fact, it's barely a step above pulp fiction. But it's fun, it's well plotted, it's entertaining as hell, it's got great characters, and the Godfather invites you to read it.

No, I haven't been hit by a bus. I've been playing Mafia Wars on Facebook diligently working on AQATDR, when not distracted by other incidental details of life, like the ones that allow me to pay my electric bill so that I can play Mafia Wars on Facebook write AQATDR.


Okay, feel free to comment, criticize, or just feed my ego. I'm a dork: I like reviews, and I like comments on my LJ posts, too.

Now, back to trying to acquire more Untraceable Cell Phones writing chapter thirteen.



ETA: Holy crap, LJ sucks! I was smart enough to write this post outside my browser this time, but what a pain just to get all the tags and images and such to format correctly!

No, I haven't been hit by a bus. I've been playing Mafia Wars on Facebook diligently working on AQATDR, when not distracted by other incidental details of life, like the ones that allow me to pay my electric bill so that I can play Mafia Wars on Facebook write AQATDR.


Okay, feel free to comment, criticize, or just feed my ego. I'm a dork: I like reviews, and I like comments on my LJ posts, too.

Now, back to trying to acquire more Untraceable Cell Phones writing chapter thirteen.



ETA: Holy crap, LJ sucks! I was smart enough to write this post outside my browser this time, but what a pain just to get all the tags and images and such to format correctly!