Fake Italian
Subtitle: an 83% true autobiography with pseudonyms and some tall tales
By: Marc DiPaolo
Series: VIA folios -- 150; VIA folios -- 150.
Publisher: Bordighera Press; Bordighera Incorporated
Published: 2021
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9781599541617
Subjects: Italian Americans; Fiction
Description: "New York, 1987: In a city torn apart by racial tension, Damien Cavalieri is an adolescent without a tribe. His mother-who pines for the 1950s Brooklyn Italian community she grew up in-fears he lacks commitment to his heritage. Damien's fellow Staten Islanders agree, dubbing him a "fake Italian" and bullying him for being artistic. Complicating matters, his efforts to make friends and date girls outside of the Italian community are thwarted time and again by circumstances beyond his control. When a tragic accident shakes Damien to his core, he begins a journey of self-discovery that will lead him to Italy, where he will learn, once and for all, who he really is"--