interesting


throughout the story...it's reinforced that Tom's
shortcoming is that he is not Sicilian....he doesn't think like a Sicilian

I don't recall the Turk saying to Tom that others were laughing at the Corleones for having a non Italian Don, but if he did..it was to manipulate Tom (make him lose confidence)


how many years had tom been the consig. in the novel?

was the move against vito more a function of his old consig. dying..and others scrambling while a new consig. was learning the ropes?