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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: NickGeraci] #596590
03/07/11 10:27 PM 03/07/11 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted By: NickGeraci
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Short answer: sloppy writing.

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Why does Puzo never tell us Tessio's first name? He gives us Pete's. He gives us Sollozzo's, Barzini's, et al. Why not Tessio's?

Sloppy writing for sure. But perhaps he was subliminally telling us that Tess was a minor character compared with Clem, and a traitor-in-the-making.


Ummmmm.....Doesnt anyone remember?...... Salvatore Tessio was his name !?!??? "sorry, 'Salley'" Tom Hagen, when taking Sal to the carwhere he will go and meet his "death"....... Or am I just dreaming???

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: NickGeraci] #596591
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Originally Posted By: NickGeraci
Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Short answer: sloppy writing.

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Why does Puzo never tell us Tessio's first name? He gives us Pete's. He gives us Sollozzo's, Barzini's, et al. Why not Tessio's?

Sloppy writing for sure. But perhaps he was subliminally telling us that Tess was a minor character compared with Clem, and a traitor-in-the-making.


Ummmmm.....Doesnt anyone remember?...... Salvatore Tessio was his name !?!??? "sorry, 'Salley'" Tom Hagen, when taking Sal to the carwhere he will go and meet his "death"....... Or am I just dreaming???

"I Miss People, I Just Don't Remember Who They Are"

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: olivant] #596592
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Salvatore Tessio......

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: NickGeraci] #596741
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Original geschrieben von: NickGeraci
Ummmmm.....Doesnt anyone remember?...... Salvatore Tessio was his name !?!??? "sorry, 'Salley'" Tom Hagen, when taking Sal to the carwhere he will go and meet his "death"....... Or am I just dreaming???


You're talking about the film. Here we discuss the book. There it goes:
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Tessio paused for a moment and then said softly, “Tom, can you get me off the hook? For old times’ sake?”
Hagen shook his head. “I can’t,” he said.
He watched Tessio being surrounded by bodyguards and led into a waiting car.

Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: olivant] #597209
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I still seem to remember Puzo mentioning Tessio's first name in the novel

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: olivant] #597241
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Amazon.com has a cool feature that lets you search the full text of a lot of books. It doesn't look like Tessio is ever identified as Salvatore or Sal.

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: mustachepete] #597244
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Originally Posted By: mustachepete
Amazon.com has a cool feature that lets you search the full text of a lot of books. It doesn't look like Tessio is ever identified as Salvatore or Sal.


True M. I always thought that was curious considering, for instance, that Puzo identifies Jack Woltz.

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: mustachepete] #597245
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Originally Posted By: mustachepete
Amazon.com has a cool feature that lets you search the full text of a lot of books.


I never knew that before. Thanks for a helpful tip, pete. smile

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Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: olivant] #597297
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I've posted it before: Now and then pdf versions appear (and soon disappear) on the web. The trick to get them is to google a not so famous sentence from the book, such as: "Woltz had gotten the message about the possible labor strike" +pdf
Re: Reprise, perhaps. [Re: olivant] #597606
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Micahel has been in the Marines since late 1941 through early 1945 and then takes off for college. Yet:

When Mike arrives at Vito's house the night of Vito's shooting, the novel states that the house was full of men he didn't know.

He noticed several other men in the corners of the room, but he didn't recognize them. "They were not of Clemenza's people."

After McCluskey hit him, how is it that Mike recognized (of all people) Clemenza's lawyer who accompanied the private detectives hired to guard Vito at the hospital?

Why would Vito have to arrange Mike's discharge when Mike was suffering from a "disabling" wound?

"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
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