- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; Trade Paperback edition (4 Jun 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743208625
- ISBN-13: 978-0743208628
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,755,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Times
'If you were to cross 'The Sopranos' with 'The Catcher in the Rye', you would probably end up with this suspenseful novel. And very good it is too ...'
Lorenzo Carcaterra
'Paradise Salvage is a triumph, and all who read it will be better for it'
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Format:Paperback
The story is flawless, the characters are so life-like that it seems they are there looking over your shoulder as you read. The 12 year old narrator tells the story with the naive yet crystal clear understanding of a youth, who is amazed by each new day of his life. I recommend this book to everyone, but especially to fellow Italian-American's who will easily relate to all of the quirky family gatherings and doings in the story; the meals, the sayings, the grandparents, and on and on.
Format:Hardcover
Paradise Salvage is a book to savour. Rich in allusion and sometimes gently comic, it resonates with Italian-American small-town life as it deftly explores the inner world of a twelve-year-old boy, on the cusp of adolescence, who is thrust into a murder mystery too deep for his understanding. Forget the Godfather, this book is better on grandfathers, fathers and older brothers; even better on grandmothers from the old country who still have rituals that are disturbing and strange.
Nunzio, the younger of two boys, is working for the summer in the family's scrap yard, where the Pontiacs and Dodges come to die. When he discovers a body in the back of an old blue Bonneville everyone disbelieves him. Nunzio has romance in his soul and he's known for making-up stories. By the time he gets his older brother Danny Boy to listen, the car has gone to the crusher and he can no longer prove his claim. Together, with disgraced Uncle Angelo, who was once a cop who did something no one will talk about, and is now a paraplegic with a Capuchin monkey as a live-in nurse, they set out to solve the mystery.
Fusco is strong on character and the writing moves at a pace that allows its people to breathe. There's little of the standard crime-thriller format about it: from its under-aged protagonist to its tender mockeries of family relationships, it feels real.
Nunzio, the younger of two boys, is working for the summer in the family's scrap yard, where the Pontiacs and Dodges come to die. When he discovers a body in the back of an old blue Bonneville everyone disbelieves him. Nunzio has romance in his soul and he's known for making-up stories. By the time he gets his older brother Danny Boy to listen, the car has gone to the crusher and he can no longer prove his claim. Together, with disgraced Uncle Angelo, who was once a cop who did something no one will talk about, and is now a paraplegic with a Capuchin monkey as a live-in nurse, they set out to solve the mystery.
Fusco is strong on character and the writing moves at a pace that allows its people to breathe. There's little of the standard crime-thriller format about it: from its under-aged protagonist to its tender mockeries of family relationships, it feels real.
Format:Paperback
I loved the book. Fusco tells a story of an Italian-American family outside New York, with amazing characters from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation all in a great Italian stew.
The most wonderfully told character is Nunzio, the 12 year old I of the book, who cares about his big brother and dad to the point where his stomach aches, who is thinking, loving, scared of the crimes, and unforgettable. Oh yes, it's also a crime story as well as a tale of growing up.
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Leave the writing to the writers!
I'm sorry to disagree with the positive reviews this book has been getting, however i feel compelled to label this one of the most mind-numbingly boring "novels" i have ever read. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2004 by Jerry O'Connell
A very deep and moving book about being part of two cultures
Fusco's first novel shows his script-writing and producing experience from Hollywood's world. And the book is just wonderful. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2001
A warm and fantastic tale of growing up in two cultures
This is a totally amazing book. It's a very literary thriller, but it also lets you look into the minds of an Italian-American boy and his family. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2001
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