Publisher's Synopsis
For Carl Capotorto, everything is in a name. The literal translation into English from Italian of his name is Twisted Head. He grew up in the Bronx the 60s and 70s, next door to the Mangialardis (eat fat) and Mrs Occhiogrosso (big eye). His father was a tyrant who ran a pizzeria caught in the middle of the great Bronx upheaval, his mother a long-suffering wife. In a comedic story of a hardscrabble, working-class family's life, the real legacy of Italian Americans is exposed. Tragic and funny in equal measure, this is a poignant memoir and a tale of becoming.
