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Encyclopedia > The Sicilian
The Sicilian
Paperback Edition Cover
Author Mario Puzo
Country United States
Language English
Series The Godfather
Genre(s) Thriller, Crime
Publisher Random House
Released November 1984
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Audio book
Pages 416 p. (Hardback edition) & 410 p. (Paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 0-671-43564-7 (Hardback edition) & ISBN 0-345-44170-2 (Paperback edition)
Preceded by The Godfather

The Sicilian is a novel written by American author Mario Puzo and published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group (ISBN 0-671-43564-7). It is based on Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather, and is regarded as its literary sequel. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (423x700, 35 KB) Book cover for the paperback edition of the 1984 novel The Sicilian, by Mario Puzo. ... Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Godfather is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola based on the the novel of the same name authored by the screenplays co-writer Mario Puzo. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television that includes numerous, often-overlapping sub-genres. ... Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann based in New York City. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Godfather is a novel written by American author Mario Puzo and which was originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnams Sons. ... Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia. ... Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann based in New York City. ... The Godfather is a novel written by American author Mario Puzo and which was originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnams Sons. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ...

Contents

Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Set in 1950, at the end of Michael Corleone's two-year exile in Sicily, it is focused on the story of a legendary Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Guiliano and his run-ins with the local Capo di Capi, Don Croce Malo. Michael has been told by his father Vito that he must escort Guiliano safely back to America with him. Michael Corleone, as portrayed by Al Pacino (right) with his fathers consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in The Godfather. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek, Sqallija Maltese) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Capo di tutti capi is Italian for Boss of all bosses. It is a phrase used in the Italian and American Cosa Nostra (Mafia). ... Vito Corleone (December 7, 1891 - June 25, 1955) (Born: Vito Andolini), aka The Godfather, is the fictional head of one of the five New York Mafia families (the Corleone family, the others being Stracci, Barzini, Cuneo and Tattaglia) in Mario Puzos novel, The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ...


The novel's plot is based on the supposedly real-life exploits of a Sicilian bandit named Salvatore Giuliano (the change in spelling appears to be deliberate on Puzo's part). Salvatore Giuliano (November 16, 1922 – July 5/6, 1950) was a Sicilian hero, killed by the alliance of politics and mafia, that governs Italy since its Unification. ...


Characters in The Sicilian

These are the principal characters that drive the plot of the story, many of whom are based on real-life figures.

  • Salvatore Guiliano – A legendary bandit. Conceived in America and born in the small Sicilian village of Montelepre, Turi Guiliano is a tall and handsome young man living a relatively normal life for the firsty twenty years of his life, loved dearly by his friends and family and the inhabitants of his tiny village, who know him affectionately as their "Turi". A day after the end of the local annual festival, however, while smuggling food and drink to prepare for the wedding of his sister, Guiliano and his childhood friend, Aspanu Pisciotta, are accosted by the corrupt Italian police, the caribinieri, and after being shot by a sergeant, Guiliano kills the sergeant with a single shot from his pistol. Helped by Piscotta, the severely injured Guiliano is taken to the nearby cathedral, where the primary priest, Abbot Manfriedi, shields him from the caribinieri, and is soon healed back to full health by a doctor and the priests of the cathedral. After leaving the cathedral, Guiliano dedicates his life to being a bandit, and creates a band, living the next few years forming a legendary reputation all over Italy for his daring exploits in stealing from the rich and wealthy and in giving almost all of his earnings to the poor and underprivileged peasants of Sicily, who honour him as their hero. As his reputation and exploits increases, he is hunted both by the Italian government, who form a special taskforce to capture him, and the Mafia, headed by the Capo Di Capi, Don Croce Malo, whose interests and influence have been severely damaged by Guiliano and his band.
  • Michael Corleone – The son of the famed Vito Corleone and heir to the Corleone family. Spending a two-year exile in Sicily, Michael is eager to return home to his family in New York, but is told by his father, Vito, to escourt Turi Guiliano safely back to America with him. As he learns more about the reputation and exploits of the legendary Guiliano, Michael becomes extremely intrigued to meet him.
  • Don Croce Malo – The extremely powerful Capo Di Capi who yields power not only in the entire island of Sicily but also in Rome and with the Italian government. A legendary negotiator, Don Croce quickly rises to the head of the Mafia and early into Turi Guiliano's career, is eager to make Guiliano the heir to his Mafia empire, but is unable to do so, due to Guiliano's deep hatred of the Mafia.
  • Gaspare "Aspanu" Pisciotta – The childhood friend of Salvatore Guiliano. A sly, thin and handsome young man, suffering from tuberculosis, Aspanu Pisciotta was the closest and most trusted friend of Turi Guiliano, who trusted him with his life. As Guiliano's fame and reputation increases, Pisciotta gradually feels less and less significant and after much of his advice is ignored by Guiliano.
  • Hector Adonis – Professor of Literature in the University of Palermo and godfather to Turi Guiliano. A diminutive man, Adonis is an elegantly-dressed and extremely intelligent academic, who commands influence amongst the Mafia. He loved and cared for his godson Guiliano, whom he taught literature in his childhood and for whom he often brought many books to read while visiting him.

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Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

In 1987, The Sicilian was adapted into a film, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Christopher Lambert as Salvatore Guiliano, however, due to copyright issues, the characters of Michael Corleone and Clemenza were not included in this movie adaptation. This article is about motion pictures. ... Michael Cimino (born February 3, 1939 in New York City, New York) is an American film director. ... Lambert as Connor MacLeod in Highlander Christopher Lambert (born March 29, 1957 as Christophe Guy Denis Lambert) is a French/American actor. ...


External links

  • Amazon.com's entry for The Sicilian
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  • The Sicilian at the Internet Movie Database


The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about motion pictures, actors, movie stars, TV shows, TV stars, production crew personnel, as well as video games. ...

The Godfather

Films The Godfather is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola based on the the novel of the same name authored by the screenplays co-writer Mario Puzo. ...

• The Godfather • The Godfather Part II • The Godfather Part III • The Godfather Saga • The Godfather is a 1972 crime film directed and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola based on the the novel of the same name authored by the screenplays co-writer Mario Puzo. ... The Godfather Part II is a 1974 motion picture directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script he co-wrote with Mario Puzo. ... The Godfather Part III (1990) is the third film in the Godfather trilogy written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, and directed by Coppola. ... The Godfather Saga is a made for TV movie that combines The Godfather Part I and The Godfather Part II into one movie playing in chronological order. ...

Novels

• The Godfather (novel) • The Sicilian • The Godfather Returns • The Godfather's Revenge • The Godfather is a novel written by American author Mario Puzo and which was originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnams Sons. ... The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. ... The Godfathers Revenge is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner. ...

Corleone family The Corleone family is a fictional Mafia family of Mario Puzos The Godfather. ...

• Vito Corleone • Carmella Corleone • Tom Hagen • Sonny Corleone • Fredo Corleone • Michael Corleone • Connie Corleone-Rizzi • Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone • Kay Adams • Anthony Corleone • Mary Corleone • Vinnie Mancini-Corleone • Vito Corleone (December 7, 1891 - June 25, 1955) (Born: Vito Andolini), aka The Godfather, is the fictional head of one of the five New York Mafia families (the Corleone family, the others being Stracci, Barzini, Cuneo and Tattaglia) in Mario Puzos novel, The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ... Carmella Mama Corleone (born December 8, 1900-.1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ... Thomas Tom Hagen (November 30, 1916-1972) is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. ... Santino Sonny Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. ... Federico Fredo Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather. ... Michael Corleone, as portrayed by Al Pacino (right) with his fathers consigliere Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) in The Godfather. ... Constanzia Connie Corleone-Rizzi (born December 25, 1920) And died on June 7 2000 is a fictional character from The Godfather by Mario Puzo. ... Apollonia Vitelli-Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather saga. ... Kay Adams in the final shot of The Godfather. ... Anthony Vito Corleone is the fictional son of Don Michael Corleone and Kay Adams and grandson of Vito Corleone in the Godfather trilogy of films. ... Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone Mary Corleone is a fictional character in the Godfather saga, portrayed by Sofia Coppola. ... Vincent Vinnie Mancini-Corleone became the succeeding Don and head of the fictional Corleone mafia family in the film, The Godfather Part III. Bio Spoiler warning: Vincent was born the illegitimate son of Sonny Corleone and Lucy Mancini (Connies bridesmade, seen in The Godfather Part I) in 1948. ...

Other families

• Emilio Barzini • Ottilio Cuneo • Victor Stracci • Bruno Tattaglia • Philip Tattaglia • Don Emilio Barzini is a fictional character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the film based on it. ... Don Ottilio Cuneo is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather. ... Don Victor Stracci is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. ... Bruno Tattaglia is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. ... Philip Tattaglia is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. ...

Other characters

• Don Altobello • Luca Brasi • Don Ciccio • Pete Clemenza • Don Fanucci • Johnny Fontane • Senator Pat Geary • Archbishop Gilday • Moe Greene • Frederick Keinszig • Cardinal Lamberto • Rocco Lampone • Lucy Mancini • Al Neri • Johnny Ola • Frank Pentangeli • Hyman Roth • Carlo Rizzi • Virgil Sollozzo • Sal Tessio • Don Tommasino • Jack Woltz • Joey Zasa • Don Altobello (played in The Godfather: Part III by Eli Wallach) was an aging former gangster that attended the party hosted by Michael Corleone, and donated one million dollars so he could be a part of the Vito Corleone Foundation. ... Luca Brasi is a character in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather, as well as its 1972 film adaptation (portrayed by Lenny Montana). ... Don Francesco Ciccio is a fictional mafia Don in the The Godfather Part II. Don Ciccio ruled over the small Sicilian city of Corleone, the birthplace of Vito Andolini, who would later grow up to be the great Don Corleone. ... Peter Fat Clemenza (1895-1958) is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and two of the three films based on it. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Johnny Fontane is a character from The Godfather series of movies and books. ... Pat Geary is a character played by the actor G.D. Spradlin, in the movie The Godfather, Part II. He is a corrupt Democratic U.S. senator from Nevada. ... Archbishop Gilday is a fictional character in The Godfather Part III. He is portrayed by Donal Donnelly. ... Moe Greene is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first installment of the Godfather trilogy. ... Frederick Keinszig is a fictional character appearing in The Godfather Part III. He was portrayed by Austrian actor Helmut Berger. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Rocco Lampone is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the first two installments of the Godfather trilogy. ... Lucy Mancini is a fictional character in Mario Puzos The Godfather. ... Al Neri is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzos novel The Godfather and the three films based on it. ... Johnny Ola is a fictional character appearing in Francis Ford Coppolas and Mario Puzos film The Godfather Part II. Ola was portrayed by actor Dominic Chianese. ... Frank Pentangeli (Frankie Five Angels) is a fictional character from the novel and film The Godfather Part II. In the film, he was portrayed by Michael V. Gazzo, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his performance. ... Hyman Roth (born 1879) is a fictional character (based heavily on real-life gangster Meyer Lansky), who plays a pivotal role in the film The Godfather Part II. He was portrayed by Lee Strasberg, a well-respected acting teacher, in one of his few screen roles. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Virgil Sollozzo is a fictional charcter from The Godfather and appears in both the book and the first film. ... As Don Vito Corleone rose to prominence in the Mafia underworld, Tessio and Clemenza rose with him, eventually settling into the capo role. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jack Woltz is a fictional character from the novel The Godfather and the 1972 film adaptation. ... Joey Zasa is a fictional character appearing in the The Godfather, Part III. He was played by Joe Mantegna. ...

Related

• Mario Puzo • Francis Ford Coppola • Albert Ruddy • Nino Rota • Crime film • Organized crime • Mafia • La Cosa Nostra • Five Families • Sicily • Corleone • The Godfather (soundtrack) • The Godfather Part II (soundtrack) • The Godfather Part III (soundtrack) • The Godfather: The Game • Mario Puzo Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author known for his fictional books about the Mafia. ... Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Albert S. Ruddy (born March 28, 1930) is a Canadian filmmaker. ... Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably The Godfather series and the films of Federico Fellini. ... A crime film, in its most general sense, is a film that deals with crime, criminal justice and the darker side of human nature. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... The Sicilian Mafia (also referred to simply as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra), is a criminal secret society of men which first developed in the mid-19th century in Sicily. ... Charles Lucky Luciano, one of the most famous American bosses (La) Cosa Nostra (our thing or this thing of ours in Italian) is a worldwide alliance of criminals, linked through both familial and conspiratorial ties, that is dedicated to pursuing crime and protecting its members. ... The Five Families are the major crime families of the Italian-American Mafia based in New York City which have dominated traditional organized crime in New York. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek, Sqallija Maltese) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... Corleone is a small town of approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ... The Godfather is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1972 by Columbia, USA and in 1991 on compact disc by MCA. Unless noted, the songs were perfomed and composed by Nino Rota. ... The Godfather Part II is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1974 by MCA. Tracks Main Title/The Immigrant 3:27 New Carpet 2:00 Kay 3:00 Evry Time I Look in Your Eyes/After the Party 2:35 Vito and Abbandando 2... The Godfather Part III is the soundtrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1990 by Columbia, USA. // Tracks Main Title (Nino Rota) – 00:41 The Godfather Waltz (Rota) – 01:10 Marcia Religioso (Carmine Coppola, Rota) – 02:51 Michaels Letter (Coppola, Rota) – 01:08 The Immigrant/Love...


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