The Godfather's Revenge
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The Godfather's Revenge, a 2006 novel written by author Mark Winegardner
, is the sequel to The Godfather
, The Sicilian
, and The Godfather Returns
. The story takes place from 1963–1964, and picks up the story from where The Godfather Returns left off. The novel deals with Michael Corleone
's guilt over the events of The Godfather Part II
, particularly his ordering the death of his brother, Fredo
. Subplots include Nick Geraci
's plans for revenge against the Corleones, Tom Hagen
's being implicated in a murder, and organized crime
's battle with a presidential family (the Sheas, who are analogous to the Kennedy family
).
having a dream in which his brother Fredo Corleone
, whom he had killed, warns him of a coming threat. At the same time, the apparition tries to give Michael a message, which he doesn't comprehend.
Carlo Tramonti
, a boss of the New Orleans crime syndicate, is introduced as he is deported by the INS
to his native Colombia
. Meanwhile, Attorney General Daniel Shea (analogous to Robert F. Kennedy
) declares his war on the Mafia
.
Tom Hagen
meets with a CIA agent named Joe Lucadello
in a Protestant church in Florida
. He informs Hagen that Nick Geraci
, a former caporegime
for the Corleones, has turned up. The book then outlines Nick Geraci's survival in an underground cave under Lake Erie
, and how he gets ready to take his revenge. He contacts his father, who helps him get away, and plots his revenge with Momo Barone
. Meanwhile, Hagen is framed for the murder of a woman with whom he had an affair.
Nick Geraci reunites with his family, beginning his revenge against Michael Corleone:
Don Stracci asks Nick to meet Don Greco, the Greek, who also because of Stracci's influence was to vote against Michael. Nick meets him at a restaurant on Staten Island
. When he arrives, he realizes that Michael has walked him into a trap; Michael asks Momo Barone to shoot Nick to prove his loyalty. Nick grabs the gun, shoots two bodyguards and injures Al Neri
, but is seriously wounded in the process. Eddie Paradise
delivers the coup de grace
, shooting him execution style.
Michael also executes the following people:
Mark Winegardner
Mark Winegardner is an American writer born and raised in Bryan, Ohio. His novels include The Godfather Returns, Crooked River Burning, and The Veracruz Blues. He published a collection of short stories, That's True of Everybody, in 2002. His newest novel, The Godfather's Revenge, was published...
, is the sequel to The Godfather
The Godfather (novel)
The Godfather is a crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Sicilian Mafia family based in New York City and headed by Don Vito Corleone, who became synonymous with the Italian Mafia...
, The Sicilian
The Sicilian
The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group , it is based on Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather. It is regarded as The Godfathers literary sequel....
, and The Godfather Returns
The Godfather Returns
The Godfather Returns is a novel written by author Mark Winegardner, published in 2004. It is the sequel to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, which was originally published in 1969, and The Sicilian...
. The story takes place from 1963–1964, and picks up the story from where The Godfather Returns left off. The novel deals with Michael Corleone
Michael Corleone
Michael Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his...
's guilt over the events of The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. The film is both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, chronicling the story of the Corleone family following the events of the first film while also depicting the...
, particularly his ordering the death of his brother, Fredo
Fredo Corleone
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. In the fictional universe of the novel and its film adaptation, he is the second son of Vito Corleone , head of a powerful Mafia family...
. Subplots include Nick Geraci
Nick Geraci
Fausto Dominic 'Nick' Geraci Jr. is a central character in the Mark Winegardner novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He is a caporegime in the Corleone crime family, but later betrays the family, and becomes a sworn enemy to Don Michael Corleone.-Biography:The Godfather Returns...
's plans for revenge against the Corleones, Tom Hagen
Tom Hagen
Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. He was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. He is the informally adopted son of Don Vito Corleone and serves as the family lawyer and consigliere . Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he often serves as a voice of...
's being implicated in a murder, and organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...
's battle with a presidential family (the Sheas, who are analogous to the Kennedy family
Kennedy family
In the United States, the phrase Kennedy family commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald that was prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the...
).
Plot
The story begins with Michael CorleoneMichael Corleone
Michael Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novels, The Godfather and The Sicilian. He is also the main character of the Godfather film trilogy that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in which he was portrayed by Al Pacino, who was twice nominated for an Academy Award for his...
having a dream in which his brother Fredo Corleone
Fredo Corleone
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather. In the fictional universe of the novel and its film adaptation, he is the second son of Vito Corleone , head of a powerful Mafia family...
, whom he had killed, warns him of a coming threat. At the same time, the apparition tries to give Michael a message, which he doesn't comprehend.
Carlo Tramonti
Carlo Tramonti
Carlo Tramonti is a fictional character in the novels The Godfather and The Godfather's Revenge. In the universe of the novels, he is the Don of the New Orleans syndicate from 1931 to 1964.-Character overview:...
, a boss of the New Orleans crime syndicate, is introduced as he is deported by the INS
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service , now referred to as Legacy INS, ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were transferred from the Department of Justice to three new components within the newly created Department of Homeland Security, as...
to his native Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Meanwhile, Attorney General Daniel Shea (analogous to Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy , also referred to by his initials RFK, was an American politician, a Democratic senator from New York, and a noted civil rights activist. An icon of modern American liberalism and member of the Kennedy family, he was a younger brother of President John F...
) declares his war on the Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
.
Tom Hagen
Tom Hagen
Thomas "Tom" Feargal Hagen is a fictional character in the Godfather books and films. He was portrayed by Robert Duvall in the films. He is the informally adopted son of Don Vito Corleone and serves as the family lawyer and consigliere . Mild-mannered and soft-spoken, he often serves as a voice of...
meets with a CIA agent named Joe Lucadello
Joe Lucadello
Joseph P. Lucadello is a fictional character in The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. Both are written by Mark Winegardner and based on the original novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo...
in a Protestant church in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. He informs Hagen that Nick Geraci
Nick Geraci
Fausto Dominic 'Nick' Geraci Jr. is a central character in the Mark Winegardner novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He is a caporegime in the Corleone crime family, but later betrays the family, and becomes a sworn enemy to Don Michael Corleone.-Biography:The Godfather Returns...
, a former caporegime
Caporegime
A caporegime or capodecina, usually shortened to just a capo, is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking made member of a crime family who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status and influence in the organization...
for the Corleones, has turned up. The book then outlines Nick Geraci's survival in an underground cave under Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
, and how he gets ready to take his revenge. He contacts his father, who helps him get away, and plots his revenge with Momo Barone
Momo Barone
Cosimo "Momo" Barone is a fictional character in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He grew up in the Bronx alongside boyhood friend Eddie Paradise...
. Meanwhile, Hagen is framed for the murder of a woman with whom he had an affair.
Nick Geraci reunites with his family, beginning his revenge against Michael Corleone:
- He drowns Tom Hagen in the Florida Everglades. Geraci then sends Michael a package containing a dead baby alligatorAlligatorAn alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two extant alligator species: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator ....
along with Hagen's wallet, a message similar to the one that is sent to Sonny CorleoneSonny CorleoneSantino "Sonny" Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation. He also appears as an infant, as a young boy, and an adult in The Godfather Part II....
in the original novelThe Godfather (novel)The Godfather is a crime novel written by Italian American author Mario Puzo, originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It details the story of a fictitious Sicilian Mafia family based in New York City and headed by Don Vito Corleone, who became synonymous with the Italian Mafia...
following Luca BrasiLuca BrasiLuca Brasi is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, as well as its 1972 film adaptation .-In the novel and film:In The Godfather, Luca Brasi is one of Don Vito Corleone's personal enforcers...
's death. - He meets with Momo BaroneMomo BaroneCosimo "Momo" Barone is a fictional character in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge. He grew up in the Bronx alongside boyhood friend Eddie Paradise...
, and promises him the title of consigliereConsigliereConsigliere is a position within the leadership structure of Sicilian and American Mafia crime families. The word was popularized by Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather , and its film adaptation...
if he agrees to help. Momo agrees, and provides Geraci information on Michael Corleone's daily routine. - Jimmy Shea, an old friend of the Corleones, is assassinated just before his re-election as the President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
(Shea is analogous to John F. KennedyJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
). - Geraci contacts Don StracciAnthony StracciDon Anthony "Black Tony" Stracci is a fictional character who first appeared in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather.One of the dons of New York's Five Families, Stracci embraced the scheme of Don Emilio Barzini to unite against the Corleone family and force them into the heroin trade...
and asks for his help to send Michael Corleone by a vote out through the commission. Nick ultimately gets the votes to overthrow Michael.
Don Stracci asks Nick to meet Don Greco, the Greek, who also because of Stracci's influence was to vote against Michael. Nick meets him at a restaurant on Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
. When he arrives, he realizes that Michael has walked him into a trap; Michael asks Momo Barone to shoot Nick to prove his loyalty. Nick grabs the gun, shoots two bodyguards and injures Al Neri
Al Neri
Albert "Al" Neri is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the three films based on it. In all three motion pictures, he is portrayed by actor Richard Bright. In The Godfather: The Game, he is voiced by Gary Chalk...
, but is seriously wounded in the process. Eddie Paradise
Eddie Paradise
Edward 'Eddie' Paradise is a fictional character in the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge.He is a Sicilian gangster and Soldato in the Corleone crime family under Nick Geraci....
delivers the coup de grace
Coup de grâce
The expression coup de grâce means a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature. The phrase can refer to the killing of civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the consent of the sufferer...
, shooting him execution style.
Michael also executes the following people:
- Carlo Tramonti is shot in the back of his head and thrown off on the highway.
- Carlo Tramonti's brother, who sought to re open his brother's murder, dies of "natural causes".
- Joe Lucadello has an ice pick rammed into his eye.