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Lucille Bellucci

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After exile by the Chinese communists I lived five years in Italy and then emigrated to the United States. From there I moved to Brazil with my husband, an engineer, where we stayed 15 years. I now live in California.

Return of the Godfather by Mark Winegardner

Winegardner picks up on the original by Mario Puzo and carries on the characters' ugly, warped activities, only he delivers a compressed version of their lives. I don't recall thinking Puzo's story as ugly and warped; in the original he gave us a family and their development and there was some redeeming value in the narrative.

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Published on June 06, 2014 11:20 Tags: corleone, godfather, induction-ritual, mafia, mario-puzo, saint-leolucas, winegardner
Average rating: 4.11 · 37 ratings · 6 reviews · 11 distinct works
The Year of the Rat: A Hist...

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Journey from Shanghai: A Novel

3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions
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Tincture Journal: Issue Six...

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The Snake Woman of Ipanema

3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Farrago: More Stories

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Pastiche:Stories and Such

4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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Meow's Way

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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Stone of Heaven: A Novel

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 4 editions
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A Rare Passion

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Meow's Way Redux

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013
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“Come see me anytime but make sure to give me advance notice so I can leave town.”
Lucille Bellucci

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“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”
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“Come see me anytime but make sure to give me advance notice so I can leave town.”
Lucille Bellucci

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