Puzo was Neapolitan? That's surprising. When he talked about Sinatra confronting him he mocked Sinatra for being "northern" (which is kind off base considering Sinatra's father was Sicilian). Anyhow, he said something about he he was surprised to see a northern Italian be so masculine and aggressive. Also in his writing he always seemed to lionize and romanticize Sicilian culture.
I think somewhere in the Naples area. I’m guessing that maybe he saw parallels between Neapolitan subculture and Sicilian subculture. But don’t forget, they were American in The Godfather so I guess it didn’t really make too much of a difference want region they were from. James Caan actually said that in The Godfather documentary. “We were playing Americans at the end of the day. Americans who happened to be Italianâ€
