It's been years since I read The Last Don (I plowed through it during a chilly winter break from college back in '02) The Hollywood stuff did make the novel drag at points (I don't care about the Valentino-like star that everyone had to touch after he died, or the suicidal novelist). The stuff about Vegas, and the history of the Clericuzio's, and the De Lenas' involvement with the family. It, to this date, is still the only Puzo novel besides The Godfather that I've been able to finish.

Now, that you've all got me thinking about the book again, I need to see if I can find a dvd of that tv movie that they made.