THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Sonny lit a cigar and took a shot of whiskey. Michael, bewildered, said, “What the hell does that fish mean?”  It was Hagen the Irisher, the Consigliere, who answered him.  “The fish means that Luca Brasi is sleeping on the bottom of the ocean,” he said.  “It’s an old Sicilian message.”

Puzo/Godfather