The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions
Book by Mario Puzo
The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions is a 1972 collective autobiography written by Mario Puzo, on his journey through writing his 1969 novel The Godfather.
I was forty-five years old and tired of being an artist. Besides, I owed $20,000 to relatives, finance companies, banks and assorted bookmakers and shylocks. It was really time to grow up and sell out as Lenny Bruce once advised. So I told my editors OK, I'll write a book about the Mafia...[1]
It explains Puzo's reasoning for writing The Godfather:
I have written three novels. The Godfather is not as good as the preceding two; I wrote it to make money...[2]
References
- ^ Puzo, Mario (1972). The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 25.
- ^ Puzo 1972, p. 24.
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Mario Puzo
- The Dark Arena (1955)
- The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965)
- The Runaway Summer of Davie Shaw (1966)
- Six Graves to Munich (1967, as Mario Cleri)
- The Godfather (1969)
- Fools Die (1978)
- The Sicilian (1984)
- The Fourth K (1991)
- The Last Don (1996)
- Omertà (2000)
- The Family (2001, with Carol Gino)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Earthquake (1974)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Superman (1978)
- Superman II (1980)
- The Godfather Part III (1990)
- Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
- The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions (1972)
- Inside Las Vegas (1977)
- The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)
- The Last Don (1997)
- The Last Don II (1998)
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