Here’s a timely behind-the-scenes skin-of-his-teeth saga writing of one of the biggest book/movie combos of all time. Timely around here because son Chuck, 15, just finished reading The Godfather. I had read it at around the same age, snuck it out of the elder Bill Shear’s sock drawer. Times have changed.
Tags: The Godfather
Mario Puzo, Publishing, Storytelling, The Godfather | bshears December 7, 2008 | 
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