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A brilliant series of funny, mordant pieces on the American experience, mostly seen through some aspect of popular culture. Sarah Vowell writes about her obsession with The Godfather that almost ruined her emotional life, about Frank Sinatra's home-town of Hoboken and his ghostly presence there, about Springsteen and the pleasures of home-taping, about her relationship with her right-wing, Christian gunsmith father... By turns caustic, sympathetic and insightful, this is a brilliant showcase for a highly talented young writer.
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Susan Salter Reynolds Los Angeles Times Book Review Sarah Vowell is a madonna of Americana.
People Wise, witty and refreshingly warm-hearted, Vowell's essays on American history, pop culture and her own family reveal the bonds holding together a great, if occasionally weird, nation.
Melanie Rehak Harper's Bazaar Sarah Vowell's canny brand of humor, complaint, and cultural acuity will no doubt be heard for some time to come.
Joanna Smith Rakoff San Francisco Chronicle Vowell is and will continue to be one of the more important voices of her generation.
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Daughter of a Montana gunsmith and closet Don Corleone disciple ("'The Godfather' is a film crammed with rules for living"), Sarah Vowell has written a delightful series of autobiographical stories which stretch across the immense landscape of the American scene. Tackling a diverse range of subjects, from politics and religion to the forgotten joys of mix-tapes, Vowell has the ability to spin a story on something as mundane as an Italian dessert. In search of the meaning of if not life, at least the ring-a-ding-ding of "That's Life", Vowell takes to the streets of Hoboken, New Jersey in seeking traces of the town's prodigal son, Frank Sinatra. She goes under cover of heavy make-up in an investigation of goth culture, hides from the world in the Chelsea Hotel and finally outgrows Armageddon in time for Y2K ("I don't need the end of the world to make friends anymore"). Brilliantly smart, sharp and engaging, "Take the Cannoli" presents a writer with a truly irresistible voice.
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 024114163X
- ISBN 13 9780241141632
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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