Johnny Once - Couverture rigide

Gangi, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595668313 ISBN 13 : 9780595668311

Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Johnny Once is a family saga, chronicling the Rosarios, born and bred in the loud and gaudy Italian American enclave, Bensonhurst. It is a New York City story--peopled by a cross-section of urban ethnics: blacks, Latins, and whites (Italians, Jews, Irish, and WASPS accounted for). It is about racial and electoral politics, how they intersect and how they can rend the city's heart. It is about the effort to reconcile current life and values--in this case, embodied by Manhattan's liberal and sophisticated Upper West Side--with the pull of personal history and roots--Brooklyn's standpat and parochial Bensonhurst. It is about fathers and sons and the legacy, burdens, and code of behavior that get passed on. It is about the decline of the power of the Mafia and loyalty and betrayal among brothers and friends.

Johnny Once has sex, violence and rock and roll in it--but in the main, it is two things: a mystery, the resolution of which has grave consequences for our heroes; and a love story between two old friends who seek in their romance a number of things, including refuge from the surrounding turmoil.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Johnny Once is a family saga, chronicling the Rosarios, born and bred in the loud and gaudy Italian American enclave, Bensonhurst. It is a New York City story-peopled by a cross-section of urban ethnics: blacks, Latins, and whites (Italians, Jews, Irish, and WASPS accounted for). It is about racial and electoral politics, how they intersect and how they can rend the city's heart. It is about the effort to reconcile current life and values-in this case, embodied by Manhattan's liberal and sophisticated Upper West Side-with the pull of personal history and roots-Brooklyn's standpat and parochial Bensonhurst. It is about fathers and sons and the legacy, burdens, and code of behavior that get passed on. It is about the decline of the power of the Mafia and loyalty and betrayal among brothers and friends.Johnny Once has sex, violence and rock and roll in it-but in the main, it is two things: a mystery, the resolution of which has grave consequences for our heroes; and a love story between two old friends who seek in their romance a number of things, including refuge from the surrounding turmoil.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Gangi is, like his novel?s protagonist, a second generation Sicilian-American who left behind his childhood?s Brooklyn backyards. The father of two grown sons, he now lives in Manhattan with his wife. A leading prison reform expert, he has run the Correctional Association of New York for over 22 years.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595668313
• ISBN 13: 9780595668311
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible