Bittersweet Ending: Sonny is eventually able to get overcome his guilt over killing Cork.Big Bad: Don Giuseppe 'Jumpin' Joe' Mariposa.

Kelly O'Rourke seduces Tom Hagen in the hopes that Luca Brasi will kill him, sparking a war with the Corleone Family she is confident he will win, thus enabling him to take over their territories and businesses.

Instead Vito is first in line to agree, which means that when the attacks already set in motion happen, he is able to claim that he is the wounded party, giving him the political capital to depose Mariposa and become the primary Don of New York. He expects Vito to object, giving him a pretext for the war against the Corleones he was already planning to launch.

Batman Gambit: Mariposa tries to set himself up as mediator between the Families for a cut of everyone's profits.

The Irish gang that wounded Vito in his backstory (explained in the novel) are given names and their own story arc.

Signora Anita Columbo, the woman who a young Vito helps not get thrown out of her apartment in Part II, turns out to be the grandmother of Sonny's future wife, Sandra.

Kelly O'Rourke, Luca's girlfriend and the mother of his child, who in the original Puzo novel was simply an unnamed woman who was described as a prostitute.

Luca Brasi's backstory and how he came to be associated with the Corleones is expanded upon in more detail.

The Corleones often call a young Tom Hagen by the nickname 'Tommy.'.

Santino Corleone, of course, is known as 'Sonny'.

Bobby Corcoran is known by his friends as 'Cork.”.

While Kelly simply left home to get away from hers, Luca solved his problem by beating his father to death.

Abusive Parents: Kelly O'Rourke and her boyfriend, Luca Brasi, have this in common.

The Family Corleone provides examples of the following tropes: But tensions in the city are rising, and Sonny and the Corleones won’t be able to stay out of the coming conflict forever. Don Corleone isn’t amenable to this, hoping for his children to be able to lead legitimate lives. In 1933 New York City, during The Great Depression and at the end of Prohibition, a 17-year-old Santino 'Sonny' Corleone aspires to join his father's business. It is the prequel to the The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo, though it retroactively incorporates elements of each of The Godfather films as well.

The Family Corleone is a 2012 novel by Ed Falco, based on an unproduced screenplay by Mario Puzo.

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