num_pages: 204
description: Henry Molise, a 50 year old, successful writer, returns to the family home to help with the latest drama; his aging parents want to divorce. Henry's tyrannical, brick laying father, Nick, though weak and alcoholic, can still strike fear into the hearts of his sons. His mother, though ill and devout to her Catholicism, still has the power to comfort and confuse her children. This is typical of Fante's novels, it's autobiographical, and brimming with love, death, violence and religion. Writing with great passion Fante powerfully hits home the damage family can wreck upon us all.
language: English
title: The Brotherhood of the Grape
titlecomplete: The Brotherhood of the Grape
characters: Henry Molise, Nick Molise
genres: 20th Century, American, Americana, Novels, Drama, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 5500
places: Sierra Nevada, California
publisher: Canongate Books Ltd