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Overview
Tony Soprano's America looks at the relationship between the American Dream and the manner in which we pursue it. Like Tony, can we do the effectively expedient thing without sacrificing honor? Must we be held accountable for our behaviour? In this fascinating look at the social and family dynamics of Tony's life and at the societal problems that surround it - crime, drugs, infidelity, gambling, corruption, and their wide-reaching effects - writer and criminologist David Simon takes the reader through all aspects of crime in America: from the streets to the boardroom, and from the local hood to far-reaching international syndicates. With insight, Simon challenges us to hold up a mirror to ourselves, to make better sense of our fascination and worship of those like Tony who not only use criminal acts to take shortcuts to the American Dream, but who also get away with it.Editorials
Publishers Weekly
Tony Soprano lives the epitome of a double life: one minute he's grilling hamburgers with his family, the next he's holding a gun to somebody's head in a dark alley. Criminologist David Simon examines Tony's contradictory persona in Tony Soprano's America: The Criminal Side of the American Dream. According to Simon, The Sopranos taps into a core condition that many people deal with: can a respectable member of society also engage in criminal behavior? Can an upstanding citizen dishonor his or her parents? Simon poses probing questions, about the Sopranos and the real life version, that deal with morality, heroes, corruption, family life, violence and more.Book Details
Published
November 11, 2002
Publisher
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2002.
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780813340364