Tuesday, February 19, 2008
50/366: Zio Guiseppe (Uncle Joe)
Some years before his death, he vanity-published a badly printed, ghost-written autobiography titled Padrone. He talked and dressed loud, had "connections," stepped on toes, insulted people without realizing it. Shot in the heel in WWII, he called himself a “wounded veteran.” The type of Italian who gives Italians a bad name.
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What a portrait. Well done.
Thanks. He was...kind of embarrassing. And the Padrone thing pissed off a lot of us. As though our family had mob connections. As though, if it did, he would be a Padrone.
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