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The Godfather Part I by Mario Puzo and The Client by John Grisham

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Mafia theme between John Grishams The Client and Mario Puzos The Godfather Part I. In the typical one-for-all, all-for-none mentality of a world gone bad, both of these literary  projects casts a visual image of the Italian Mafia that fosters all the illustrious wrongdoing made possible by a group of streetwise gangsters. There is virtually no prejudice left  untapped, no symbolism left untouched and no stereotype left unadulterated when the Italian Mafia is represented The Godfather Part I and The Client. All that one can expect from  such a collection of malcontents is just what one receives: the quest for fortune though illegal avenues. The Godfather Part I was a  particularly intriguing story by the way it illustrated a complete lack of conscience: Killing, maiming, thieving and lying were touted as being the manner by which to lead ones life  in the Italian Mafia, because that is what will get one the finer things in life. Indeed, it became clear early on in Puzos saga that part and parcel  to the Italian Mafias composition is constantly being on the make, going through the proverbial back door in their obsessive pursuit of the American Dream.  Power -- and all the ill will it attracts -- is key to Grishams novel and how it directly relates to the image of Italian Mafia activity.  The writer blatantly acknowledges the intoxicating affect of combining drugs, violence and corruption all neatly tied together in a perfect ball. His interpretation of the Italian Mafia through the  literary prose of The Client was right on target from the start, which one can readily argue helped to exemplify the fiction-esque quality of its tale. Puzos approach offered