The Corleones
The Corleones (English original title: "The Family Corleone") is a novel by Edward Falco based on the script by Mario Puzo , the author of The Godfather .
When Mario Puzo died in 1999, he left the background to The Godfather in the form of a script. Edward Falco turned it into a novel.
The book was translated by Hannes Riffel and published in Germany on June 23, 2012 by Klett-Cotta Verlag .
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The book is set in New York from winter 1933 to spring 1934 . At that time, the Great Depression caused trouble for the population, but the illegal alcohol trade was booming. The 41-year-old Vito Corleone uses this situation to earn money in addition to his olive oil trade. When prohibition in the United States came to an end in 1933 , Vito had to open up new lines of business and, above all, defend its previous business, for example in the gambling trade, against other Italian families and Irish gangs.
There are also family problems: Vito's son Sonny Corleone knows that his father's olive oil trade is just a cover and wants to get into the illegal business instead of pursuing his career in the automotive industry. He is not afraid to get in the way of the most powerful Don.
Vito's foster son Tom Hagen sleeps with the girlfriend of Luca Brasi, a dangerous and feared man who wants to kill Tom because of it.
Vito Corleone has to overcome all of these problems throughout the story in order to defend his family and ultimately to assert himself against all families and gangs and to become the Don he is in The Godfather .
literature
- Ed Falco: The Corleones. Klett-Cotta, 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93965-1