Some Kind of Wise Guy: Stories About Parents, Weddings, Modern Living, and Growing Up Italian

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Summary: Become A Wiseguy
Review: "Some Kind of Wiseguy" is about an Italian guy's life in the New York-New Jersey area. He grew up with sausage and peppers, overbearing parents, card games, and NOISE. Just like I did. I'm a third generation Italian American kid and I spent a lot of my childhood at my grandparents' house where I was taught Italian culture and how to brace yourself for a 10-type-of-fish Christmas Eve dinner feast. Zeppoles, homemade pizza, and salami bread are still eaten in my home today as well as my Mom's homemade meat gravy every Sunday afternoon. Bill touches upon all of these subjects as well as getting into the journalism field and how he decided to write all about his life. I made an autobiography myself about my life up until this point which I hope gets published one day. Ervolino remains my favorite modern writer. He is hilarious, insightful, and a very easy read. Check out his Sunday and Thursday columns in The Bergen Record of NJ. I also strongly reccommend "Wiseguy: My Life in a Mafia Family," by Nicholas Pileggi.

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Summary: Will put a smile on your face, and make you call your Mom...
Review: My entire family enjoys reading Bill's columns, when we are together, someone will always read the newspaper aloud. The stories are so funny, and the same craziness that goes on in EVERYONE'S family. I purchased this book, used, as a gift for my Dad, but of course I had to read it FIRST. Hysterical (I actually read excerpts aloud to my Mom on the telephone) Thanks Bill, your outlook on life is SO appreciated!

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Summary: Yippy- What a great book!
Review: This book I could not put down. It was page turner. Just ask my friend Natalie. She has been trying to borrow it from me, I just won't let her. I suggest buying it.

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Summary: Yippy - What a great book
Review: This was a wonderful book. I could not put it down. What a page turner. Just ask my friend Natalie. She wanted to borowing so bad, and I would not part with it. I suggest buying it.