Puzo was first and foremost a fine storyteller in the grand Italian tradition. My favorite story in the novel is of the Bocchicchio family and how they were instrumental in bringing Michael back from Sicily.
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.
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