“教父”維托·考利昂是紐約五大地下勢(shì)力集團(tuán)之一的頭頭。以他為首的考利昂地下勢(shì)力集團(tuán)主要經(jīng)營(yíng)的是從歐洲走私進(jìn)口橄欖油、開(kāi)設(shè)賭場(chǎng)等等。他的勢(shì)力遍及美 國(guó)東西南北各地，在政府各個(gè)要害部門(mén)也都有他的人。他神通廣大，渴求保護(hù)和支持的人們虔誠(chéng)地尊稱他為“教父”。他對(duì)下面的人也有求必應(yīng)，說(shuō)話算數(shù)，從而贏 利了們的敬畏。隨便什么事，只要他暗地或公開(kāi)一插手就會(huì)按照他的意志發(fā)展變化。他是美國(guó)社會(huì)真正叱咤風(fēng)云的人物。
《教父》通過(guò)對(duì)美國(guó)地下勢(shì)力集團(tuán)之間真刀真槍的“戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)”的敘寫(xiě)，淋漓盡致地揭示了美國(guó)社會(huì)的表層下面的最隱蔽的本質(zhì)。
The story of Don Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia family, inspired some of the most successful movies ever. It is in Mario Puzo'sThe Godfatherthat Corleone first appears. As Corleone's desperate struggle to control the Mafia underworld unfolds, so does the story of his family. The novel is full of exquisitely detailed characters who, despite leading unconventional lifestyles within a notorious crime family, experience the triumphs and failures of the human condition. Filled with the requisite valor, love, and rancor of a great epic,The Godfatheris the definitive gangster novel.