"He (Winegardner) has done an excellent job and, though he is standing on the shoulders of a giant, The Lost Years is in some respects an improvement on its model" The Telegraph 20041206 "The Godfather Returns is not only a real book by a real writer. It's also a real pleasure, a fine, swirling epic - bitter, touching, funny and true ... Winegardner has not squandered his inheritance" New York Times Book Review "The measure of his success is quickly apparent ... he brilliantly recreates the vivid, pungent prose style of Puzo's original" Daily Express
