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In the novel, Fanucci is a freelance Black Hand extortionist in New York City's Little Italy. Fanucci demands "protection" money from neighborhood businesses, and does not confine his demands to non-Sicilians, which is considered a sign of disrespect in the Mafia. Vito Corleone witnesses Fanucci threaten to disfigure a young girl when her father refuses to pay him. He also indirectly loses his own job when Fanucci demands that his friend Genco Abbandando's father provide employment for Fanucci's nephew, Sandiago.
Vito watches Fanucci wander the streets without obvious protection, but takes no immediate action. One day while Vito is out driving, Fanucci accosts him by jumping onto the moving vehicle. Fanucci explains to Vito that he'd gotten word that Vito, Peter Clemenza and Sal Tessio had participated in several robberies, but had treated him "shabbily" by not allowing him to "wet my beak," or take a cut of their profits. He threatens to go to the police unless Vito gives him a cut of their profits. Just then, realizing that if Fanucci was really a mafia chief like he implies than he wouldn't need to use the police to threaten, Vito sees a chance to take the Don's place.
When Vito later meets with Fanucci, he offers only a fraction of the amount demanded — $100 of the $600 Fanucci expected. Fanucci is impressed with Vito's courage, and offers him work. Vito interprets his ability to low-ball Fanucci as a sign of the latter's weakness, thus confirming his suspicion of Fanucci's vulnerability.
After the meeting, Vito stalks Fanucci via the rooftops to his apartment down the street. Letting himself in through a rooftop doorway, he descends to Fanucci's apartment and prepares to execute him. He wraps the gun in a towel to muffle its report. When Fanucci arrives, Corleone shoots him once in the chest and two times in the face, while a solemn processional march plays in a nearby parade. After the hit, Vito retrieves the money Fanucci had taken earlier in the day and then destroys the gun, dismantling it and dropping it down vent pipes of the apartment building. Vito, Clemenza and Tessio then take over the neighborhood, treating it with a great deal more respect than Fanucci did, and so earning his neighbors' loyalty.
Unbeknownst to Vito, his young son Sonny saw his father on the rooftop. However, this is not mentioned in the movie; it is mentioned in the book when Sonny is arrested for armed robbery when he is 16.
Last edited by imthatguy; 12-11-2008 at 03:48 AM.
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