The Godfather: The Lost Years - Couverture souple

'The bloody victory of the Corleone Family was not complete,' begins the final chapter of Mario Puzo's The Godfather, 'until a year of delicate maneuvering established Michael Corleone as the most powerful Family chief in the United States.'The Godfather Returns takes place in the years 1955-65, but it is built upon the story of that 'year of delicate political maneuvering' - and how, in winning the battle of that year, Michael Corleone set the stage to lose the war: the war to make the Family legitimate, the war to keep the Corleones supremely in power, the war to stay true to his father's wishes, the war to give not just his Family but his family a safe and happy life. The Godfather Returns is not just a sequel. The title refers to the arc of the plot: the nexus of ambitious, audacious decisions that Michael implements, their ultimate failure, and, after the Family's literal and figurative years in the wilderness (of Las Vegas), Michael Corleone's literal, physical return to New York, and his attempts to regain control there.

It is 1955, Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. But in doing so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael...

The Godfather: The Lost Years is a spellbinding story of America's criminal underworld, a tale about what we love, yearn for, and sometimes have reason to fear: family ...
Joe Grifasi's acting credits encompass theatre, television and feature film. A well-known face on Broadway, he also starred in the films 13 Going On 30, Presumed Innocent and The Naked Gun. His television credits include ER, Law & Order and The Practice.