Take the Cannoli: Stories from the New World

by SarahVowell (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

  This publication comprises a series of funny, mordant pieces on the American experience, mostly seen through some aspect of popular culture. Vowell writes about her obsession with The Godfather that almost ruined her emotional life; about Frank Sinatra's home-town Hoboken and his ghostly presence there; about Springsteen and the pleasures of home-taping; and about her relationship with her right-wing Christian gunsmith father.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.40

  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.