I never got the impression that he tried to burn down an empire, if your a fan of the movies then you must read the books....they explain a lot. After movie 2 he insulated himself even more, sort of like Barney from the Genovese
I tried. The book was a huge disappointment to me. Coppola himself said he had to toss out about half the book to put the screenplay together. Now are you saying the sequel books written by people other than Puzo are better than The Godfather? If so I might give them a look.
