In the novel, Moe doesn't mention Barzini at all. All he says is that he has "friends who can back me up." He even threatens to go to New York and talk to the Don, making him an offer.
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.
