His previous two novels were well-reviewed but had sold about enough copies to fill a modest station wagon. Their father’s claim was so laughable because, at that point, Puzo was a long way from the best-seller list. The kids rolled their eyes and snickered. “He’d say, ‘Keep it down, I’m writing a best-seller,'” Puzo’s eldest child, Tony, tells The Post. The basement also held a pool table, and while Puzo typed away, his five children would come down and play loud games, forcing Puzo to admonish the brood. The broom-closet-like space beneath his Long Island house had enough room for a desk, a typewriter and little more. In the late 1960s, Mario Puzo retreated to the basement nook that served as his office to work on a new book. Meet the sausage 'queen' of NYC's San Gennaro Feast Loose lips lead to lawsuits over allegations from 'The Godfather' set 'Godfather' director Francis Ford Coppola's island lists for $2.2M Al Pacino on Marlon Brando’s 'Godfather' Oscar win: ‘Clear the air’
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