The award-winning drama follows the complex life of Tony Soprano, a family man from New Jersey who also happens to be a major player in organized crime. The author leaves nothing out: the food, the music, the dreams, the visits to the psychiatrist, the snappy one-liners - plus all the favourite characters and five stand-alone essays about the series. He analyzes every episode of the show: family values, mob violence, murderous mothers and great Italian food. Whether you're a "made-man" or a newcomer to the family, this book offers an unauthorized guide to the series.
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David Bishop was editor of the world-famous 2000 AD comic for 5 years...until 2000AD. He has written 3 Judge Dredd novels and one Doctor Who novel for Virgin, and is now a freelance writer living in Scotland. A self-confessed TV addict, he claims to be the UK's biggest fan of The Sopranos.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A fun but not terribly insightful look at the Sopranos,
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This review is from: Bright Lights, Baked Ziti: The Unofficial Guide to the Sopranos (Mass Market Paperback)
This book consists of an episode guide for the first three seasons of the Sopranos, plus several short essays.For each episode, Bishop gives us a plot description, then briefly discusses several topics "Mobspeak" has new mob terms used in the episode; "Mama Mia" tracks Livia's activities. The topics conclude with "The Verdict"--Bishop's opinion of the episode as a whole. While the book promises insight and to tell us about things we might not have seen, it doesn't fully deliver. I doubt if any of the "insights" would come as news to anyone of normal intelligence who has paid attention while watching the series. Bishop, a Brit, tends to use Britspeak at odd moments--he refers to the young Tony hiding in the "boot" of his father's car, for example, rather than the American "trunk". Much more annoying are the errors he makes--he misspells "Paterson" as "Patterson", gives the first name of the imprisoned mob boss (never seen) as Ercoli--it is actually Dominic, or Dom (Ercoli is Tony's late, mentally disabled uncle), and misspells "caporegime" as "copa-regime", among many others. A somewhat-useful reference guide, since it includes cast lists (but you can get those from the HBO web site as well). But don't expect too much beyond it. The cheapest of the many Sopranos books out this season, and perhaps also the least worthy. Try another Sopranos book before you go here.
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