Links:

    -AUTHOR SITE: The Official Mario Puzo Library
    -WIKIPEDIA: Mario Puzo
    -FILMOGRAPHY: Mario Puzo (IMDB)
    -STUDY GUIDE: The Godfather (Course Hero)
    -WIKIPEDIA: The Godfather
    -READERS GUIDE: The Godfather Reader’s Guide (Penguin Random House)
    -WIKI: The Godfather Wiki
    -ENTRY: The Godfather NOVEL BY PUZO (Jinan Joudeh, encyclopaedia Britannica)
    -GOOGLE BOOKE: The Godfather
    -PODCAST: ‘The Godfather’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan (Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan Jan 8, 2019, The Ringer)
    -PODCAST: ‘The Godfather: Part II’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, and Brian Koppelman,/a> (Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan Dec 17, 2019, The Ringer)
    -ESSAY: The Godfather Business (Mario Puzo, New York Magazine)
    -AUDIO INTERVIEW: 'Godfather' Author, the Late Mario Puzo (Terry Gross,, July 25, 1996, Fresh Air)
    -OBIT: Mario Puzo: The author of the Godfather, the book the Mafia loved (Eric Homberger, 4 Jul 1999, The Guardian)

Mario Puzo, who has died aged 78, said of his worldwide, bestselling novel The Godfather: "I wished like hell I'd written it better." Puzo's remarkable success came about because he was broke and determined to write something which would make him money. He had a wife and five children to support.

"I was 45 years old, I owed $20,000 to relatives, finance companies, banks and assorted bookmakers and loan sharks. It was really time to grow up and sell out."

    -OBIT: Mario Puzo, Author Who Made 'The Godfather' a World Addiction, Is Dead at 78 (Mel Gussow, July 3, 1999, NY Times)
    -OBIT: ‘Godfather’ Author Mario Puzo Dies (LARRY McSHANE, July 3, 1999, AP)
    -OBIT: Mario Puzo (LA Times, 7/03/99)
    -OBIT: 'Godfather' Author Mario Puzo Dies (Claudia LevyJuly 3, 1999, Washington Post)
    -PROFILE: How Mario Puzo penned ‘The Godfather’ to get out of debt — and made bank (Reed Tucker, March 2, 2019 , NY Post)
    -PROFILE: MARIO PUZO: GODFATHER OF GODFATHERS (Ian Spelling, 5/08/97, New York Times)
    -TRIBUTE: Mario Puzo (ALBERT MOBILIO, JULY 9, 1999 , Salon)
    -PROFILE: Mario Puzo sees no evil Author: Creator of 'The Godfather' and 'The Last Don' insists he knows nothing about the Mafia. No one believes him. (Fred Bruning, 7/31/96, THE BALTIMORE SUN)
    -PROFILE: The Godmother: The woman who taught Mario Puzo the value of secrecy. (BILL TONELLI, 5/09/03, Slate)
    -ESSAY: Startling truths about ‘The Godfather’ in Mario Puzo archive (David Filipov, February 12, 2016, Boston Globe)
    -ESSAY: The Time Frank Sinatra Berated Mario Puzo For His Assumed Likeness in 'The Godfather' (Ryan Parker, 12/11/15, Hollywood Reporter)
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    -ESSAY: The Godfather and the World He Came From : The only ties which appeared to matter in the Italian south were the immediate links of blood and marriage. (James Bradshaw, June 1, 2024, European Conservative)
    -ESSAY: Does The Godfather believe in America? (TITUS TECHERA, JUNE 30, 2022, Acton Power Blog)
    -ESSAY: How Gambling Led to the Birth of “The Godfather”: How Mario Puzo wrote a classic novel (TOBIAS CARROLL, 10/24/21, InsideHook)
    -ESSAY: What Puzo Godfathered 40 Years Ago (Allen Barra, Aug. 13, 2009, WSJ)
    -ESSAY: The Irish and the Godfather Mario Puzo (Tom Deignan, Oct 19, 2019, Irish Central)
    -ESSAY: Mario Puzo wrote a sequel to his blockbuster novel “The Godfather” that was based on a real Sicilian outlaw (Domagoj Valjak, 7/01/07, Vintage News)
    -ESSAY: ‘The Godfather’ And Mario Puzo’s Women (ALYSSA ROSENBERG, JAN 28, 2013, thinkProgress)
    -ESSAY: The Real History of The Godfather Movies and Book: The Godfather made history even as it reinterpreted it. We look at the real gangsters who inspired the book and movie. (Tony Sokol, Dec 20, 2019, Den of Geek)
    -ESSAY: LITERARY LONG SHOT: Mario Puzo has hit the jackpot again, but this time with a lemon (JOY WILLIAMS, October 1978, Esquire)
    -ESSAY: How 'The Godfather' Sparked Imagination In Afghanistan (SCOTT SIMON, MAR 9, 2019, NPR: On Point)
    -REVIEW ARCHIVE: Mario Puzo (Publishers Weekly)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather by Mario Puzo (Dick Schapp, April 27, 1969, The New York Times)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Kirkus)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Malcolm Jones, The Daily Beast)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Neetha John, The Week)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (James Craver, AllReaders)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather Tychy)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (The Economist)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Publishers Weekly)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Washington Times)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (CHAARVI BADANI , between the Lines)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (John Sutherland, Times of London)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Douglas Perry, The Oregonian)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Victoria Holdsworth, On Magazine)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Paul Cantor, Medium)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (James Thomas Chiampi, MELUS)
    -REVIEW: of The Last Don by Mario Puzo, Michael wood, London Review of Books)
    - FILM:
    -FILMOGRAPHY: Francis Ford Coppola (IMDB)
    -FILMOGRAPHY: Mario Puzo (IMDB)
    -IMDB: The Godfather
    -IMDB: The Godfather II
    -METACRITIC: The Godfather
    -ROTTEN TOMATOES: The Godfather
    -PROFILE: 'It changed my life': Francis Ford Coppola reflects on The Godfather book's 50th anniversary (David Canfield, March 05, 2019, EW)
    -AUDIO INTERVIEW: To Make 'The Godfather' His Way, Francis Ford Coppola Waged A Studio Battle (Terry Gross, November 16, 2016, Fresh Air)
    -ESSAY: Francis Ford Coppola on the Iconic ‘Godfather’ Scenes Mario Puzo Pushed Back On,/a> (Zack Sharf, Mar 6, 2019, Indie Wire)
    -ESSAY: THE GODFATHER WARS (MARK SEAL, FEBRUARY 4, 2009, Vanity Fair)
    -ESSAY: FIVE ASPECTS OF 'THE GODFATHER' THAT GOT LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR (Newsweek, 12/25/16)
    -ESSAY: “I Believe in America”: Fifty Years of ‘The Godfather‘ (Graham Daseler, 22 Jul 2022, Quillette)
    -ESSAY: The anniversary of The Godfather: Essays & podcasts on the beginnings of doubt regarding American justice (Titus Techera, Sep 12, 2022, Postmodern Conservative)
    -REVIEW ESSAY: THE WRATH OF CORLEONE (Noah Millman, 4/26/21, Modern age)
    -ESSAY: The Family Tragedy: In The Godfather, we see the unceasing quest for power destroy the very thing it was meant to protect. (John G. Grove, 9/23/22, Law & Liberty)
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    -FILM REVIEW: The Godfather (Hollywood Reporter)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Pauline Kael, The new Yorker)
    -FILM REVIEW: The Godfather (Empire)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Roger Ebert)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather (Robert Hatch, The Nation)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather II (Roger Ebert)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather II (A.D. Murphy, Variety)
    -REVIEW: of The Godfather Notebook by francis Ford Coppola (Michael Heaton, The Plain Dealer)
    -REVIEW: of Leave The Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of the Godfather By Mark Seal (Paul Krause, University Bookman)