The Godfather is regarded as one of the best crime novel written by American writer Mario Puzo. The Godfather was published in the year of 1969 in the United States by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The story of the novel revolves around a fictional Mafia family living in New York City. The epigraph of the novel is by French author Honore de Balzac: “Behind every great fortune there is always a crime”. The story of the novel covers the years from 1945 till 1955 and gives the back story of Vito Corleone from her early childhood to adulthood. You can download The Godfather PDF as you scroll the page.