Originally Posted By: johnny ola
 Originally Posted By: olivant
Courage is not necessarily a salient nor required characteristic of a Consigliori; intelligence and cunning is. As the novel noted several times, Genco was wise and cunning and helped propel Vito to the heights he achieved.


With that said, for someone that didn't read the novel, I think that they would have the impression that Genco was a cafone.


Cafone? No. My point is that he was far from it.

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