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    <body><![CDATA[If you like Angela's Ashes you will like this similar Italian version. Both are sad stories, but the characters and plot are well developed.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book that was set in the turn of the century New York that followed an immigrant Italian family's life.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Mario Puzo considers it his best novel.  It brought the time and mentality of the characters to life.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was OK. Puzo thought it was his best book. Not much in conversations. Mostly dictation. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not so much into the Godfather books, but The Fortunate Pilgrim was a great read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story of an immigrant family in the depression era. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Moved a little slow, had a hard time getting through it.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[suck]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Fortunate Pilgrim]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Insight into early Italian immigrant community. Personal and messy, but lays the groundwork understanding for &quot;the family&quot;.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading this rather trite novel because it is set in the far west 30s in NYC, an area I have been researching.  The story and writing are a bit hackneyed, but Puzo is a master of the hackneyed, so it's good cliche and the book really serves my purposes -- it contains lots of detail about the nei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6724331">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great, this book was a great book, I love it. I have read this book atleast 10 times since I got it. I got it as a gift from my older brother. I was doubtful at first. Yet the image, name and description really made me think it was good. I can seriously say I would never have forgiven myself if I ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7772443">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book written by Mario Puso, more known for &quot;The Godfather&quot;.  This was an earlier novel, describing the harsh immigrant life in the early 1900's.  A bit graphic for my taste... but you gain sympathy for the struggle and why it was worth it to this family of Italians. Well writte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16053000">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 07 07:35:02 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 15 07:21:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Puzo says that this is his most &quot;personal&quot; book and the one he's most proud of. While I appreciate the fact that the mother figure is at the center of the novel (to balance out the very male-dominated Godfather/Corleone books), it was generally disappointing. Too sentimental, maybe--really...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27300428">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Fortunate Pilgram]]>
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 18 11:35:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 18 11:38:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was supposed to be his &quot;best&quot; novel but I found it a little slow. It was somewhat interesting about Italian Immigrants in the New York City tenements in the ear of 1920-1940. It serves one well while waiting in an airport. I guess it wasn't all that slow when compared to todays airlin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18023118">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 26 20:55:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Puzo creates characters that are shockingly easy to picture and understand.  This story made me feel like I was right there in a Hell's Kitchen tenement, just watching a family's history unfold.  Pilgrim is stuffed with all the minutae that give you intimate knowledge of the characters.  Much less m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13683797">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 24 00:08:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I remember right, this was the first book Puzo ever wrote. From that standpoint, it's different than most of the others. It's slow moving, less gripping, and only hints at the talent he'd later develop. Worth a read, though, if you're a Puzo fan, just to see the difference in writing style vs. la...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/405049">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 11 07:55:55 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not like the Godfather, much more of an immigrant tale and the second generation conflict between the old ways and the American ways.  The protagonist, the mother of the family Lucia Santa, is on whom Puzo based Don Corleone, and this is his favorite of his novels.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Fortunate Pilgrim]]>
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    <![CDATA[Before The Godfather and The Last Don, there was Puzo's classic story about the loves, crimes and struggles confronted by one family of New York City immigrants living in Hell's Kitchen. Fresh from the farms in Italy, Lucia Santa struggles to hold her family together in a strange land. At turns poignant, comic and violent, and with a new preface by the author, The Fortunate Pilgrim is Italian-American fiction at its very best.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Liked the recently added author's note in which Puzo admits he set out to write autobiographical fiction with himself as hero, but only later realized his sister is much more courageous than he and his mother is the true hero of the novel.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another one of those books I can remember reading during the 70's. I can't remember much about it but I do remember liking it enough to read it more than once.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Puzo book. I don't know why I waited so long, seeing how much I love the Godfathers, and Italian culture in general. But I am a fan. ]]></body>
    
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