I didn't think the Godfather book was great, either. Way too much on Fontane. Puzo had a hard on for Sinatra for some reason and it came off a lot like jealousy.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea