I'm halfway thruought chapter 12 now, and I have to say I have been very disapointed. The characters are nothing like the REAL Corleones,Mikey and Kay making out in the movie theater? Fredo a bi(and I really didnt need to hear about how he had a hard time getting it up for the French Hooker)? You also gotta hate how Cunio and Strachi survived a shotgun and 2 bullet at close range attack, but havent been mentioned since. The new characters are a mess, but at least he is always dropping names as if to say "I read the first book" :rolleyes: Sonny's kid is going to be the new Lucy storyline and the Ambassator has uncanny parallels to Jack Woltz.However these new characters have been pulled down to adolecent "street gang" types. If it wasnt about The Corleones (which I have a hard time believing it actually was) it is an entertaining story. Reads a lot like The Last Don. Prehaps he read the wrong book.....?