I don't know if this subject has been posted before, sorry if this is a repeat-

How old were you your first time that you saw GF?
How old were you the first time you read the book?
Share your memories of the first time...

I was nine, and it was the "Complete Novel for Television". I watched as much as I could over the course of several nights, but there were parts I missed or didn't quite get (i.e.- I kept thinking Michael and Carlo was the same person and got confused when Michael got married and then "beat his wife" remember, I was nine...)

I have very clear memories of the baptism, young Vito's witnessing his Mother's murder, Michael with Vito in the hospital, the party in Tahoe along with the "drapes open scene", and for some reason, the floor show at the place in Havana when Senator Geary makes his "red-headed Yolanda" comment.

I read the book for the first time when I was twelve, (by then a dyed-in-the wool Padrinophile, thanks to HBO) and was initially frustrated with the Johnny Fontane subplot and Lucy Mancini's gynecological problems, but I probably read the book another dozen times by the time I was 20.


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