Thank you Lou and you are not wrong
For clarity, I thought I had missed something, being always hungry for and getting a kick out anything Godfather except Puzo droning on and on about Lucy, Fontane and Genco
As regards the story lines, from what I remember,
1. Luca Brasi's how evil he was and why he was so loyal to Vito
2. paedophile Woltz
this kind of makes my point about how Vito is seen through rose-colored glasses
1. as long as Luca was killing for him, his baby can be thrown into a fiery furnace while still alive
2. as long as Woltz gave the movie part to his Godson, he can keep molesting children
Neri's how brutal he was and why he was so loyal to Michael
I couldn't agree more about the ponderous Lucy surgery storyline.
Another great part of the novel was the whole Bocchicchio saga. Professional hostages,hell of a way to make a living.