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Exit Mario Puzo, Mafia novel don

Tribute to Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, who has died aged 78

Tribute to Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, whose own early life as the son of Italian immigrants in New York informed his novels and films about the Mafia. Plus, the Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa; Germaine Greer's adaptation of Aristophanes Lysistrata opens in London; a Chinese production of The Peony Pavilion in New York.

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29 minutes

Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project