The end

It is August 15, 1953, the day of a street carnival in the Italian enclave of Elephant Park, Ohio, when Rocco LaGrassa receives an excruciating piece of news: his son has died in a POW camp in Korea. Against the background of immigration, broken loyalties, and racial hostility, the story presents ev...

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Main Author: Scibona, Salvatore
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2008.
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