Originally posted by plawrence: [QUOTE]"Coach" and "Sally Rags", the two bookmakers who worked with Carlo, were based on real people Puzo knew (see "The Godfather Papers" by MP). Apparently, Puzo was quite a gambler himself.
Yes. I read somewhere that Puzo wrote GF to generate the money to pay off gambling debts.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
