- Organized crime, Corleone family (Fictitious characters), Criminals, Italian Americans
New York, 1933. The crime families have prospered in the Depression, but with the coming end of Prohibition a battle is looming... one which will determine which organizations will rise, and which will face a violent end. Vito Corleone pushes his oldest child, teenaged Sonny, to be a businessman. But Sonny-- impatient and reckless-- wants to become a part of the real family business.
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- gravecomic
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- Author
- Edward Falco
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 436
- Publisher
- Grand Central Pub.
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780446574624
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