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Violence
A lot
Significant violence in the Puzo crime tradition including battles, killings, and bandit-vs-state conflict
Language
Some
Moderate language consistent with adult crime fiction
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content in the Puzo tradition; not explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Brief social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of honor, betrayal, and the cycles of Sicilian violence
What this book is about
Mario Puzo's companion novel to The Godfather follows a historical Sicilian outlaw. Violence is extensive in the tradition of Puzo's crime fiction. Some sexual content. Appropriate for adult readers of the Godfather series.
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Crime violence
Historical bandit narrative
Adult content
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