This is not an anachronism, but rather a strange thing that happens in Puzo's descripiton of his character. When he tells the story of how Vito Corleone became a Don, he says that Santino Corleone ar 16 years old had muscluar frame and had grown to an astonishing 6 feet tall. But earlier in the novel when Sonny is in his early 30, Puzo write that Sonny was tall for a first generation italian--almost six feet. So i am confused. At 16 he was 6 feet tall and at 30 something he was almost 6 feet.