It was Hagen who said (in the novel), "Well now you've got your Luca."
Neri's background, and how he came to the Corleones' attention, is one of the best little stories in the novel that didn't get into the film.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.