The two authors of Tony Soprano’s America, while referring to innumerable quotations, situations and plots of the series, cover an astoundingly wide field of topics. In fifteen subdivisions, we learn about the series’ treatment of postmodernity, its meaning for TV as a genre, popular culture, nostalgia (particularly the 1950s as the golden age of mob activity), capitalism, the value and (mostly) decline of values, cultural roots, ethnicity and religion, the gangster film tradition, the meaning of family ties and family structures, comedy, religion, psychotherapy, the American class system, masculinity, and naturally the history of organized crime in the US. Accordingly, there are many, many things and conclusions that fall into place after reading Tony Soprano’s America, presented in a strictly non-academic style. Just the same, it provides good entertainment and will probably urge readers to watch the entire saga again, this time with attention to detail.

Popcultureshelf.com

This ambitious work, tailored for students of The Sopranos, provides a plethora of interesting notions about the series as a centerpiece of American cultural history, and in so doing could inspire others toward a further and fuller development of its individual topics.

Italian American Review