The Godfather Returns

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**Title** **The Godfather Returns**
Author	Mark Winegardner
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Godfather
Genre(s)	Thriller, Crime
Publisher	Random House
Released	November 16, 2004
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book
Pages	448 p. (Hardcover edition)
ISBN	ISBN 1-4000-6101-6
Preceded by	The Godfather The Sicilian
Followed by	The Godfather's Revenge

The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. It is the sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which was originally published in 1969. As the original Godfather novel covered the years 1945 to 1955, and included significant backstory on Don Vito Corleone's life since childhood, Returns covers the years 1955 to 1962, and includes significant backstory on Michael Corleone's life prior to the first novel. The story picks up immediately after the end of the first novel. The events of the film Godfather II take place within the time frame of this novel, but are only mentioned in the background. Many of Puzo's characters are expanded upon, especially Fredo Corleone, Tom Hagen, and Johnny Fontane, and new characters like Nick Geraci and Francesca Corleone are introduced. The other half of the novel goes deeper into Michael Corleone's role as Don and his dream of becoming legitimate and reasonable. The novel expands on Michael's service in World War II as well as the secret life of Fredo Corleone. The novel shows how Sonny, Fredo and Tom Hagen join the family business as well as the deaths of Pete Clemenza and Sal Tessio.

The Godfather Returns was followed by The Godfather's Revenge in 2006, also written by Winegardner.

[edit] Film adaptation

Since The Godfather Part III was released in 1990 there have been several rumors of a fourth part in the saga. In November 2006 Moviehole.net, citing sources inside Paramount Pictures, claimed that a film adaptation of The Godfather Returns and its sequel The Godfather's Revenge are silently being developed.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Paramount prepping new Godfather?. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.


Films	• The Godfather • The Godfather Part II • The Godfather Part III • The Godfather Saga •
Novels	• The Godfather (novel) • The Sicilian • The Godfather Returns • The Godfather's Revenge •
Corleone family	• Vito Corleone • Carmella Corleone • Tom Hagen • Sonny Corleone • Fredo Corleone • Michael Corleone • Connie Corleone-Rizzi • Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone • Kay Adams • Anthony Corleone • Mary Corleone • Vinnie Mancini-Corleone •
Other families	• Emilio Barzini • Ottilio Cuneo • Anthony Stracci • Bruno Tattaglia • Philip Tattaglia • Carlo Tramonti • Vincent Forlenza • Louie Russo • Joe Zaluchi • Frankie Falcone • Tony Molinari • Sam Drago • Paulie Fortunato • Ozzie Altobello • Rico Tattaglia
Other characters	• Luca Brasi • Don Ciccio • Pete Clemenza • Don Fanucci • Johnny Fontane • Senator Pat Geary • Archbishop Gilday • Moe Greene • Frederick Keinszig • Cardinal Lamberto • Rocco Lampone • Lucy Mancini • Al Neri • Johnny Ola • Frank Pentangeli • Hyman Roth • Carlo Rizzi • Virgil Sollozzo • Sal Tessio • Don Tommasino • Jack Woltz • Joey Zasa • Willie Cicci • Paulie Gatto • Nick Geraci • Eddie Paradise • Tommy Neri • James Shea • Ritchie Nobilio • Joe Lucadello • Momo Barone • Sal Narducci • Carmine Marino • Danny Shea • Billy Van Arsdale • Mickey Shea
Related	• Mario Puzo • Francis Ford Coppola • Albert Ruddy • Nino Rota • Crime film • Organized crime • Mafia • La Cosa Nostra • Five Families • Sicily • Corleone • The Godfather (soundtrack) • The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) • The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) • The Godfather: The Game • Mark Winegardner