You guys need to chill out a bit. I'm a massive fan of The Godfather, both the book and the films and I am actually quite enjoying The Godfather Returns. Winegardner seems to have pretty much nailed the spirit of Puzo and is doing interesting things with the characters. I haven't finished it yet, but I shall do shortly. It just seems to me that the other posters here need to sit back, get a bit of perspective and stop planning to lynch Winegardner. It's taken guts to do what he's done and most of you sound like you would have criticised anyone who wrote a Godfather novel.