Carl Capotorto

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Oct 16, 2008 7:00 pm (Thursday)

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8818 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA
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Carl Capotorto presents and signs Twisted HeadTwisted Head is the comedic story of a hardscrabble, working-class family's life that represents the real legacy of Italian-Americans--...

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Carl Capotorto presents and signs Twisted Head

Twisted Head is the comedic story of a hardscrabble, working-class family's life that represents the real legacy of Italian-Americans--labor, not crime. It is also the poignant memoir of the author's struggle to become himself in a world that demanded he act like someone else. Tragic and funny in equal measure, Carl's story is propelled by a cast of only-in-New-York characters: customers at the family pizza shop, public school teachers, nuns and priests at church, shop owners and merchants--all wildly entertaining and sometimes frightening. Somewhere in all the rage and madness that surrounded Carl in his youth, he found the bottom line: he loved his family, but he had to let them go. Twisted Head is an exorcism of sorts. With plenty of laughs.

ISBN: 9780767928618
Price: $23.95

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