The Godfather's Revenge is "Popular fiction at its best." -- Washington Post

from The Washington Post review

. . . Winegardner packs a great deal of mob lore into the novel and makes many of the lower-level crooks far more interesting than their boss. He also brings back characters we know from the earlier books and movies. Johnny Fontane, the Sinatra-style singer, becomes smitten with Michael's niece Francesca despite being, at 54, twice her age. Tom Hagen, the Corleones' consigliere, tries to negotiate peace with the White House and tries also to get his wife to forgive him for an affair. The two of them make a memorable visit to the monumentally tasteless Palm Springs estate of Jack Woltz, the movie mogul who, in the first book, woke up one morning with that horse's head in his bed -- he much prefers 12-year-old girls. Winegardner does a nice job with the women, notably Hagen's wife, Geraci's wife and Francesca.