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This novel is aboxing saga that takes place in the 1960's Boston. It features Gianni ValentinoRomasco, who was brought up in the suburbs of Boston. As a youth he was bulliedterribly because of his name, ethnicity and frail sickly condition. Afterweight training himself back to health he eventually decides to enter theboxing arena. The story builds from backyard sparring to amateur thenprofessional boxing. When Gianni meets "Bad" Mike Brown the storyescalates like a rocket ship.
After moving to theItalian North End of Boston to be near his gym, Gianni finds there's a mob wargoing on for control of the rackets. As he climbs the boxing ladder it turnsinto an obsession for winning the world title. Ironically he discovers his owncountrymen, the Mafia, are preventing his dream, which resurfaces hisadolescent feelings when he was bullied.
He meets Anna, ateacher, who was a psychology major in college. She tries to understand hisAhab like drive. They both have very similar eclectic tastes including Gianni'sinsatiable taste for the arts.
The book looks at 3generations of Romasco's from Abruzzi, Italy and is filled with much humor, many realfamily stories, homemade elderberry wine with much, much food.
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