Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Welcome, FreddoN! \:\)
"How many Families" is one of the all-time durable topics on this board. I agree with you about the Bocchicchios--they were a "service" outfit for the Five Families, and anyway, no real major family would hire its people out as hostages. I also agree that "Five Families" was used generically by the Corleones, even though they were one of the Five. Puzo's sloppy writing in the novel has given many here the impression that there were five in addition to Corleone.

If you were a member of the Five Satins, you'd be leaving the group because, after 51 years, you could no longer abide singing "In the Still of the Night" and "To the Aisle." ;\)


"... could no longer abide singing "In the Still of the Night" and "To the Aisle." Madonne!

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