Mario Puzo

Mario Francis Puzo was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist of Italian descent. He is known for his crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Books Mario Puzo has authored

The Godfather

by Mario Puzo • March 10, 1969 • Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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The Godfather—the classic saga of an American crime family that became a global phenomenon—nominated as one of America’s best...

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