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The Godfather Returns. The Godfather's Revenge, a 2006 novel written by author Mark Winegardner, is the sequel to his 2004 novel The Godfather Returns. It is the fourth book in The Godfather novel series and is chronologically set last. [1] The story takes place from 1963 to 1964, and picks up the story from where The Godfather Returns left off.
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"I forgive you."
"That's impossible."
"True, only God can do that, right?"
―Fredo and Michael Corleone
Michael Corleone has a nightmare in which his brother Fredo, who Michael is torn apart with regret over having had killed, warns him of a coming threat, but is unable to specify what that threat is.
Carlo Tramonti, a boss of the New Orleans crime syndicate, is introduced as he is deported by the INS to Colombia, which is claimed he is a citizen of. Meanwhile, Attorney General Daniel Shea (historically analogous to Bobby Kennedy) declares his war on the Mafia. Tom Hagen meets with a CIA agent Joe Lucadello in a Protestant church in Florida. Lucadello informs Hagen that Nick Geraci, a former caporegime for the Corleones who turned traitor after he discovered Michael had tried to have him killed, has turned up. The story then outlines Nick Geraci's survival in an underground bunker underneath Lake Erie, and how he becomes ready to take his revenge. He contacts his father, who helps him escape to Mexico, and plots his revenge with Momo Barone, a Corleone soldier under new capo Eddie Paradise. Meanwhile, Hagen is framed for the murder of a woman with whom he had an affair.
Nick Geraci reunites with his wife in Sicily, beginning his revenge against Michael Corleone:
•He drowns Tom Hagen in the Florida Everglades. Geraci then sends Michael a package containing a dead baby alligator along with Hagen's wallet, a message similar to the one that is sent to Sonny Corleone in the original novel following Luca Brasi's death.
•He meets with Momo Barone, and promises him the title of consigliere if he agrees to help. Momo agrees, and provides Geraci information on Michael Corleone's daily routine.
•Jimmy Shea, an old friend of the Corleones, is assassinated just before his re-election as the President of the United States, though it is unclear who is ultimately responsible for his death (Shea is historically analogous to John F. Kennedy).
Paramount Pictures has stated that it has not authorized The Godfather's Revenge and that this novel tarnishes the legacy of The Godfather, though the Puzo estate has apparently authorized the book. This led to difficulties in the publishing of The Family Corleone in 2012, though The Family Corleone was generally better received than either of the ...
Nov 7, 2006 · The Godfather's Revenge, a 2006 novel written by author Mark Winegardner, is the sequel to The Godfather, The Sicilian, and The Godfather Returns. The third, and final, installment in Mario Puzo's epic chronicle of the Corleone crime family one of the most enduring lineages in American literature and cinema-achieves a stunning crescendo with a ...
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Nov 19, 2006 · “The Godfather’s Revenge” takes an extended journey into the mind of Tom Hagen, the Corleone consigliere, and continues the original story of Nick Geraci, a traitorous Corleone underboss ...
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Nov 7, 2006 · Winegardner (That’s True of Everybody, 2002, etc.) breathlessly re-animates these archetypes even more effectively than he did in 2004’s The Godfather Returns. Revenge pits Nick Gerasi, turncoat former Corleone caporegime emerging from exile in a bomb shelter beneath Lake Erie, against Michael in a mano-a-mano bloodfeud. Gerasi’s an old ...
