Author Mark Winegardner, best known for his literary fiction, switches genre in this continuation of the Mario Puzo legacy. THE GODFATHER RETURNS chronicles the Corleone family saga from 1955 to 1962--a period of time that falls between the original novel THE GODFATHER and the film GODFATHER II. Don Michael Corleone, head of the Corleone mob family, must defeat enemies from without and root out treachery from within as he plots to move the family business into more legitimate enterprises.