New York, 1987: In a city torn apart by racial tension, Damien Cavalieri is an adolescent without a tribe.
His mother-who pines for the 1950s Brooklyn Italian community she grew up in-fears he lacks commitment to his heritage.
Damien's fellow Staten Islanders agree, dubbing him a fake Italian and bullying him for being artistic.
Complicating matters, his efforts to make friends and date girls outside of the Italian community are thwarted time and again by circumstances beyond his control.
| 1987 | In a city torn apart by racial tension |
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Bordighera Press Fake italian: an 83% true autobiography with pseudonyms and some tall tales, paperback/marc dipaolo
