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Part, "A Bronx Tale," part a bizarre, "The Razors Edge", and part the 70's movie, "Coolie High." The Edge Of Whiteness, a memoir, is a quirky coming of age story, but also also a humorous, edgy, social commentary on one community's reaction to the relentless march of change that defined a unique time period - the funky early 1970's. It is 1969 and Brooklyn is smoldering in the aftermath of the recent race riots. The family of young Joey Montaperto flees their beloved Italian neighborhood, for a New Jersey suburb so painfully white that it makes the TV show, 'My Three Sons', seem exotic. Ironically, when the high school there is then later forcefully integrated, the sensitive Joey is confronted with an even more brutal racial conflict. Unexpectedly rescued from a hallway ambush by a murderous, yet artistic, loner, he is subsequently introduced to a fascinating new world of hip black culture. Finding his soul and 'soul' in the writings of Malcolm X, he also experiences a doomed first love affair with a sizzling, but heroin plagued, Puerto Rican hairdresser. Ultimately, he undertakes a spiritual foray into the study of Islam - which all serves to cause a major conflict within his Catholic family and the Mafia restaurant where he is employed as a dishwasher.
About the Author: Joe Montaperto, a proud native of Brooklyn, studied acting and improv before performing onstage and film. Dissatisfied with that, he embarked on the New York City comedy circuit in the edgy, crack-riddled era of the 1980s, and later, applied his training and background to performing his one man show, "Four Degrees of Disconnection", in and around the city. Subsequently becoming burned out, he headed to the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, for some serious soul-searching. An avid traveler and spiritual seeker, Joe also prides himself on having lived in some of the worst places in the world, and still thoroughly enjoys making prank phone calls. The Edge of Whiteness is his first book.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781463791216
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Depth: 20
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1463791216
  • Publisher Date: 11 Oct 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 304 gr

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