Coppola didn't like it on first reading, bu hated is too strong a word. He really liked it on the second close reading. https://ew.com/books/2019/03/05/the-god

Coppola didn't like it on first reading, bu hated is too strong a word. He really liked it on the second close reading. https://ew.com/books/2019/03/05/the-godfather-book-50th-anniversary-foreword/ https://ew.com/books/2019/03/05/the-godfather-book-50th-anni... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5KdzlWYNI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5KdzlWYNI As for the book, it is a GAM, Great American Novel. It's intended to tell a broad story of immigration and assimilation. The movie, being a movie with limited budget and time, has to chop much of that away. Needless to say, I liked the book.