![]() Kennedy) and his brother, President Jimmy Shea (analogous to John F. Meanwhile, organized crime fights against increased law enforcement efforts led by Attorney General Danny Shea (historically analogous to Robert F. Their plans are thrown into disarray when Hagen is framed for the murder of his mistress. Michael and Tom Hagen try to thwart the revenge plans of former Corleone family caporegime Nick Geraci. Michael Corleone is coping poorly after ordering the murder of his brother Fredo and giving custody of his children to his former wife Kay Adams. The novel shows how Sonny, Fredo and Tom Hagen join the family business, as well as the deaths of Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio. The novel expands on Michael's service in World War II as well as his brother Fredo's secret life. The other half of the novel goes deeper into Michael's role as Don and his dream of legitimizing the Corleone family. Many of Puzo's characters are expanded upon, especially Fredo Corleone, consigliere Tom Hagen, and Johnny Fontane, and new characters like Nick Geraci, Mickey Shea, Danny Shea, and Francesca Corleone are introduced. The events of the film The Godfather Part II take place within the time frame of this novel, but are only mentioned in the background. The story picks up immediately after the end of the first novel. ![]() However, Giuliano makes enemies in both law enforcement and organized crime circles, and his quest to free Sicily from oppression is ultimately unsuccessful. Giuliano's rise from an ordinary Sicilian peasant to a power in Sicily rivaling even the Mafia is chronicled. Michael Corleone, about to return from exile in Sicily at the end of the Five Families War, is instructed by his father to help Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano escape to America with him. With Vito retired at the conclusion of the war, Michael orchestrates a plan to relocate the family's power base to Las Vegas while eliminating its remaining rivals in New York. ![]() The war sees the ascent of Don Vito Corleone's youngest son Michael, who previously held his family's crime enterprise in low regard. The Corleone family fights a mob war with the other four Mafia families in New York in the years after World War II. ![]()
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