The New Mythology of Crime
1975; Duke University Press; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/302105
ISSN1527-2141
Autores Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
Resumobest selling novel and film of the late 1960's and early 1970's was Mario Puzo's Its impact has been so great over 10 million copies of the book sold in little over three years, millions of movie admissions and still running after several years that one doesn't need much prescience to predict that this work will be a major turning point in the evolution of popular literature, perhaps comparable to the significance of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, certainly as important as lan Fleming's James Bond. In the wake of Godfather's enormous success, plans have been announced for a film sequel, while a number of less effective films about the Mafia, such as Valachi Papers, have coasted to considerable popularity on its coattails. Publishers have increased their listings in crime fiction and taken advantage of the Godfather craze to reissue in paperback any recent novels which have the slightest connection with the subject of Puzo's book.1 Everywhere newsstands and marquees are plastered with such come-ons as more action, sex and violence than Godfather and French Connection combined or The Big New Mafia blockbuster in the searing tradition of Godfather. Though no TV network has yet announced a series called One Don's Family, scores of producers and writers are doubtless racking
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