Mario Puzo creates a novel that shows New York run by the most powerful man who ever walked the streets of the Cosa Nostra. Don Vito Corleone, the Godfather of all Godfathers, the dons of all dons, runs the mafia in New York with his family, Michael, Fredo & Sonny Corleone. He runs the tables in New York, making deals in the corrupt city of New York 1945-1955. The family Corleone go through the chronicles that change their destiny.