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The Godfather - by Mario Puzo (Paperback)

 The Godfather - by  Mario Puzo (Paperback)
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The son of Italian immigrants who moved to the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City, <b>Mario Puzo</b> was born on October 15, 1920. After World War II, during which he served as a U.S. Army corporal, he attended City College of New York on the G.I. Bill and worked as a freelance writer. During this period he wrote his first two novels<i> The Dark Arena</i> (1955) and <i>The Fortunate Pilgrim </i>(1965). <p/>When his books made little money despite being critically acclaimed, he vowed to write a bestseller. <i>The Godfather</i> (1969) was an enormous success. He collaborated with director Francis Ford Coppola on the screenplays for all three Godfather movies and won Academy Awards for both <i>The Godfather</i> (1972) and <i>The Godfather, Part II</i> (1974). He also collaborated on the scripts for such films as <i>Superman </i>(1978), <i>Superman II </i>(1981), and <i>The Cotton Club</i> (1984). He continued to write phenomenally successful novels, including <i>Fools Die </i>(1978), <i>The Sicilian</i> (1984), T<i>he Fourth K </i>(1991), and <i>The Last Don</i> (1996). Mario Puzo died on July 2, 1999. His final novel, <i>Omerta</i>, was published in 2000.

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