The Fortunate Pilgrim

first publication date:  1965
genre:  crime novel
original title:  The Fortunate Pilgrim
original language:  English
narrative location:  New York City
follows:  The Dark Arena

The Fortunate Pilgrim is a 1965 novel by American author Mario Puzo.Mario Puzo considered the novel his finest, most poetic, and literary work. In one of his last interviews he stated that he was saddened by the fact that The Godfather, a fiction he never liked, outshone the novel based on his mother's honest immigrant struggle for respectability in America and her courage and filial love. Puzo said that the book's hero, Lucia Santa, is based on his own mother: "Whenever the Godfather opened his mouth, in my own mind I heard the voice of my mother. I heard her wisdom, her ruthlessness, and her unconquerable love for her family and for life itself. … The Don's courage and loyalty came from her; his humanity came from her… and so, I know now, without Lucia Santa, I could not have written The Godfather." Source: Wikipedia (en)

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