Hace treinta y cinco años que se publicó "El Padrino" de Mario Puzo, y con ello nuestra visión de crimen organizado cambió para siempre. Ahora, en "El Padrino: El regreso" el aclamado novelista Mark Winegardner explica el resto de la historia, la que no apareció en el bestseller de Puzo ni en las clásicas películas de Francis Ford Coppola. El autor retoma la historia de los Corleone manteniéndose fiel al estilo, los personajes y las tramas que hicieron famosa la serie de Puzo. Ahonda en las laberínticas relaciones entre los miembros de la familia, plantea nuevas intrigas, enlaza sucesos ficticios con reales y cuenta con algunos golpes de efecto realmente brillantes. Una de las secuelas literarias más esperadas. El capítulo que faltaba en la mayor saga del crimen de la historia.

One of those times when ya gotta ask yourself, Did it need to be written? Didn't feel like it really added to the whole mystique of the Godfather legend. ( )

One of those times when ya gotta ask yourself, Did it need to be written? Didn't feel like it really added to the whole mystique of the Godfather legend. ( )

I actually indulged myself and bought this one. It did sit on my shelf for a while before I was able to get to it.

See my note on it from the blog:

[http://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007/01/booknote-godfather-returns.html] ( )

Before I was 30 pages into Puzo's THE GODFATHER, I was hooked. It was absolutely incredible. To put it simply, Winegardner fails to produce a comparable product. I was about 70 pages in when I abandoned The Godfather Returns. I find Winegardner's attempt thoroughly uninteresting. Inane, pointless banter that goes nowhere... After 70 pages I still have no clue as to any kind of plot. I rarely abandon books, but I just couldn't go on. I really don't care. I can't believe I paid $8.53 for this. ( )