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Sinatra's Humiliating Godfather Tell-Off, Retold In $700 Book
New York, 4:30 PM
Fri Dec 4
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...He said, and his voice was almost kind, 'Who told you to put that in the book, your publisher?'
You cut out this bit that makes it clearer:
"And then the most astounding thing happened. He completely misunderstood. He thought I was apologising for the character of Johnny Fontane in my book. "
Puzo should have said, "Yes! They did! Bastards. Seeya Frank!"
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(Have you ever seen or heard such a beautiful word?)
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It's a irony worthy of...well, of a Mario Puzo novel--which is itself also ironic.
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Ah yes... that old chestnut.
For reals... anyone have a fking clue what the hell he's talking about with the Einstein/Capone crap?
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*All generalizations contained therein were probably outdated in the 1940s and may have only existed in La Cosa Nostra's head.
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I rather liked the Einstein-Capone reference - it put the confrontation into perspective and doesn't really require deep analysis.
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I remember overhearing an argument between our Italian in-law's during my childhood. My aunt's boyfriend called my Grandmother's 3rd husband--a distant relative of the Mayor of Chicago--Sicilian. I've never seen him more upset...