The Godfather

First published in 1969, this novel follows the Corleone crime family in and around New York in the 1940s and 1950s. Don Vito Corleone holds power through favours, threats, and a network of capos; after an attempt on his life, his youngest son Michael, who had stood apart as a civilian and soldier, is pulled into the succession beside the hotter-tempered Sonny and the weaker Fredo. Business in gambling, unions, and narcotics collides with family marriages and vendettas. The book is a gangster novel of inheritance and loyalty, not a documentary of any single real syndicate.

Bound in red cloth screen printed in black with an image. Red slipcase front printed with a black horse head image.