Joe Montaperto: 2 books

Brooklyn smolders after the race riots. The Montaperto family reluctantly flees their beloved Italian neighborhood for a New Jersey suburb so painfully white that it makes the TV show "My Three Sons" appear exotic. The only excitement young Joey Montaperto gets is breaking into the neighbor's...

1980s New York City. A paradox onto itself. Gritty and violent – yeah – but also crackling with excitement, intrigue and – especially – possibility. For a young guy open to that kind of energy, this was a city that could be absolutely intoxicating. Nineteen year-old Joey Montaperto journeys...