but it seemed he was the main force behind setting Geary up in the novel.
Geary wasn't in the novel.
Michael's fault was always revenge. Take for instance Rocco, that was a straight suicide mission and Tom was right in that they should have just let him be since the Feds were hot on his tail.
It was a one-way mission and I think Michael manipulated Rocco into accepting it by first humiliating Tom, then challenging Rocco. IMO, Rocco was Clemenza's man, Neri was Michael's. Rocco had become expendable by that point.
One point that has always stood out: The Feds knew Rocco was part of Michael's Family--he was way up there on the chart shown at the Senate hearing. Dead or alive, they would have had a direct link between Rocco, Roth and Michael.
