Originally posted by Fanucci's Revenge:
I just read the book for the first time, and I was struck at how Sonny was held in less esteem by Vito and Tom. You get a whiff of that in the movie, but much more so in the book...
The scene with the boiler "inspectors" and Sonny was very revealing that respect, FR. As Puzo put it: "He [Sonny] was the club, not the rapier."
