Mario Puzo created an American mythology for the Sicilian Mafia with the publication of his acclaimed novel, The Godfather, in 1969. The novel was adapted into two Academy Award winning movies, The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather, Part 2 (1974). Puzo wrote three sequels to his novel: The Sicilian (1984), The Last Don (1996) and Omerta (2000-published after Puzo's death in 1999). Since Puzo's death, Mark Winegardner has taken up the Godfather Saga with the permission of the Puzo Estate. Winegardner's latest continuation of the story, The Godfather's Revenge, is…
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