The godfather

Childhood and adolescence Mario Puezo was held in the most disadvantaged district of New York, on the legendary hellish cuisine, which from the nineteenth century to know the frames of the international criminal world of America. The study of this phenomenon he dedicated his literary creativity. The worldwide recognition came to Pujo after the release of the epic gangster Saga "Great Father" (1969) - the history of the family of the Sicilian emigrant Vito Korleone, in which the newest history of America was reflected in the mirror. An innovation of the writer was that his book first put a sign of equality between the concepts of "America", "Family" and "Mafia". Roman 69 weeks held on the list of national bestsellers, was translated into many languages ​​and was successfully filled with F. F. Koppol (6 "Oscars", including the "best film of the year") The Guinness Book of Records noted the "Great Father"s" as the most readable product of American literature