And I'll be very fair here: I've never found Puzo's novel particularly well written. And I HATED the Hollywood nonsense in it, Sonny's throbbing pole and Lucy's enormous box.
BUT, unlike Winegardner, Puzo was a wildly entertaining storyteller, if not a great writer.
Trimalchio Rex may have been the only thing Winegardner thought of himself. It's probably based on one of HIS books.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
