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Title: Bright Lights, Baked Ziti: The Unofficial, Unauthorised Guide to the Sopranos by David Bishop ISBN: 0-7535-0584-3 Publisher: Virgin Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: A fun but not terribly insightful look at the Sopranos
Comment: This book consists of an episode guide for the first three seasons of the Sopranos, plus several short essays.
For each episode, Bishop gives us a plot description, then briefly discusses several topics "Mobspeak" has new mob terms used in the episode; "Mama Mia" tracks Livia's activities. The topics conclude with "The Verdict"--Bishop's opinion of the episode as a whole.
While the book promises insight and to tell us about things we might not have seen, it doesn't fully deliver. I doubt if any of the "insights" would come as news to anyone of normal intelligence who has paid attention while watching the series.
Bishop, a Brit, tends to use Britspeak at odd moments--he refers to the young Tony hiding in the "boot" of his father's car, for example, rather than the American "trunk". Much more annoying are the errors he makes--he misspells "Paterson" as "Patterson", gives the first name of the imprisoned mob boss (never seen) as Ercoli--it is actually Dominic, or Dom (Ercoli is Tony's late, mentally disabled uncle), and misspells "caporegime" as "copa-regime", among many others.
A somewhat-useful reference guide, since it includes cast lists (but you can get those from the HBO web site as well). But don't expect too much beyond it. The cheapest of the many Sopranos books out this season, and perhaps also the least worthy.
Try another Sopranos book before you go here.
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Title: The Sopranos: A Family History by Allen Rucker ISBN: 0451202465 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: A Sitdown With the Sopranos: Watching Italian American Culture on TV's Most Talked-About Series by Regina Barreca ISBN: 0312295286 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 14 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Gospel According to Tony Soprano: An Unauthorized Look Into the Soul of TV's Top Mob Boss and His Family by Chris Seay ISBN: 1585421944 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Tao of Bada Bing: Words of Wisdom from the Sopranos by David Chase ISBN: 1566492785 Publisher: Carhil Ventures, LLC Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Sopranos on the Couch: Analyzing Television's Greatest Series by Maurice Yacowar ISBN: 082641401X Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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