Talk:The Fortunate Pilgrim

Novels Mid‑importance

	Novels portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions.NovelsWikipedia:WikiProject NovelsTemplate:WikiProject Novelsnovel articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Real crime to label this work as a "crime novel"

@Kevinalewis: For several years this article's infobox described it as a crime novel. No reference was given to bolster the label. Its presence violated NPOV and OR: it was definitely the POV of its editor, who perhaps read the novel, and concluded that its subject was crime—hence OR. Much of the article, indeed, lacks proper reference. However, I've read the book, and Mr. Puzo's description of it in The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions. While I no longer own that excellent book, I can report that Puzo spoke highly of The Fortunate Pilgrim in 1972, and that he ruefully recounted that its publisher admonished him for not including more true crime in 'the Pilgrim," given the runaway success of The Godfather. Tapered (talk) 10:13, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]