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Twisted Head: An Italian-American Memoir
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Title: Twisted Head: An Italian-American Memoir
Author: Carl Capotorto
ISBN: 9780767928618
Publisher: Broadway
Published: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: What's in a name? For Carl Capotorto, everything is in a name. The literal translation from Italian to English of Capotorto is twisted head. This is no accident. Carl's father, Philip Vito Capotorto, was the obsessive, tyrannical head of the family who ran Cappi's Pizza and Sangwheech Shoppe, whose motto was We Don't Spel Good, Just Cook Nice. 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. Somewhere in all the rage and madness that surrounded Carl in his youth, he found the bottom line: he loved his family but had to let them go. Twisted Head is an exorcism of sorts. With plenty of laughs. The Rules of Cappi's Pizza and Sangwheech Shoppe: NO RUNNING NO PUSHING NO SHOVING NO YELLING NO FIGHTING NO CURSING NO GRABBING NO STROLLERS NO BICYCLES NO ROLLER SKATES NO SPECIAL ORDERS THIS IS NOT A BASKETBALL COURT NO SHARING NO EXTRA CHEESE NO SLICES AT THE TABLE
Author: Carl Capotorto
ISBN: 9780767928618
Publisher: Broadway
Published: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 320
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: What's in a name? For Carl Capotorto, everything is in a name. The literal translation from Italian to English of Capotorto is twisted head. This is no accident. Carl's father, Philip Vito Capotorto, was the obsessive, tyrannical head of the family who ran Cappi's Pizza and Sangwheech Shoppe, whose motto was We Don't Spel Good, Just Cook Nice. 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. Somewhere in all the rage and madness that surrounded Carl in his youth, he found the bottom line: he loved his family but had to let them go. Twisted Head is an exorcism of sorts. With plenty of laughs. The Rules of Cappi's Pizza and Sangwheech Shoppe: NO RUNNING NO PUSHING NO SHOVING NO YELLING NO FIGHTING NO CURSING NO GRABBING NO STROLLERS NO BICYCLES NO ROLLER SKATES NO SPECIAL ORDERS THIS IS NOT A BASKETBALL COURT NO SHARING NO EXTRA CHEESE NO SLICES AT THE TABLE
