That's why Puzo's sloppy writing is so frustrating. And it's compounded by Puzo's jumping back and forth in the narrative. I'm not betting the farm on the first timeline I constructed. But I think all of the timelines support Michael's Sicilian exile lasting less than two years.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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