These questions to politicians about their favorite books are ridiculous. It takes time to read books, and time is something politicians don’t have. It’s more revealing to ask them what movies they like. Rudy Giuliani’s favorite movie is The Godfather. It’s interesting what this might demonstrate. You could take it that he has superb taste, since in my opinion (and that of many other people), The Godfather is the greatest film ever made. Or does it indicate a hunger to control and dominate? That’s why armchair psychoanalysts would say. The notion that it indicates he is nostalgic for the good old Mafia days is absurd, considering that as U.S. attorney Rudy basically destroyed the Mafia in the United States. Anyway, it’s a pretty interesting conversation piece.