Julian Gallo: 4 books

Sometime between President Carter’s ‘Malaise’ and the dawn of the Reagan era, Queens, New York. A generation of mostly ‘latch key kids’ find themselves on their own, indulging in every vice available to them. Drugs, music, sex, it’s all there for the taking, since no one is looking. It...

Marco Pazzolini always dreamed of being a professional musician. Virtually overnight he found himself with a wife, a daughter, and a lucrative record deal.  He soon discovered that fame and celebrity was a far cry from how he ever imagined it would be and on the brink of popularity, gave it all up...

What would they do once the fire goes out?     Two lifelong friends, Gianni Mazzaro and Matteo Radicci, set off on their summer travel, an annual ritual since their college days. This year it’s the Mediterranean, the first stop being a small village in the mountains of southern Italy...

Brandon and Olivia, two goth/emo kids alienated from their idyllic Long Island neighborhood, only have one another to depend on. Brandon's parents are careerists, often too busy to pay any attention to him. Olivia is dealing with her abusive mother, who often body shames her and chastises her over...