Editing The Godfather (novel) (section)

==Summary==
The [[Corleone family]] is one of the [[Five Families]] of the New York Mafia. After [[World War II]], the families avoid open warfare in favour of mutual cooperation. The peace is broken after Don Vito Corleone is shot by men working for drug kingpin Virgil "The Turk" Sollozzo. Two of Corleone's sons, Santino (Sonny) and Michael, take an active role in the family business with the help of ''consigliere'' Tom Hagen and the family's two ''caporegimes'', Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio. When Michael murders Sollozzo and his bodyguard, corrupt [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Captain Mark McCluskey, the conflict escalates into a full-scale war which results in Sonny's murder. Michael must return from hiding in Sicily to assume control of the family as the new Don. Under his retired father's tutelage, Michael orchestrates a plan to exact revenge, while relocating the Corleone family's power base to [[Las Vegas]] in order to further his goal of legitimizing the family and getting them out of organized crime. This encompasses the murder of all of the Corleone family's enemies, including Michael's brother-in-law Carlo Rizzi, who played a part in Sonny's murder. After selling all of the family's remaining businesses in [[New York City|New York]], the Corleones permanently move to Las Vegas.