Originally Posted By: Turnbull
I made a case for Michael's early return based on quotes from the novel, putting his return either in late '46 or early '47, in several scenarios. But then you pointed out that, if Michael did return that early, he'd have had to be Vito's apprentice for eight or nine years, given that Vito died in 1955 (film). That would be as unlikely as my original premise: that the war couldn't have lasted nearly five years.

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I agree. I think the above is what causes most of the confusion. Why would both Puzo ("It was nearly ten years since there had been such a celebration of people in the house, nearly ten years since the wedding of Constanzia ...")FFC (the headstone) chose to separate Michael's exile to Sicily from Vito's death by a decade. Most impractical. Well, as you said, thank you Puzo and FFC.

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