The Sopranos

By Franco Ricci

In The Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign, Franco Ricci presents an insightful analysis of the groundbreaking HBO series and its complex psychological themes.

"The Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign stands out among the books already devoted to the series. Ricci knows the show extremely well, and his readings of The Sopranos in light of contemporary debates about censorship, identity, and class are compelling." -- Dana Renga, Department of French and Italian, The Ohio State University "Franco Ricci's The Sopranos: Born under a Bad Sign marks the first major study in this decade of one of television's greatest dramas, and it was worth the wait. Ricci's knowledge of the series is profound and his insights - ideological, aesthetic, cultural - are multifarious and original. By the time I had reached the final page of this erudite, accessible, and well-written investigation into the small screen's finest contribution to the mob genre, I was ready to break out my Sopranos boxed set and start binge-watching the primary text again." -- David Lavery, editor of 'Reading The Sopranos' and 'The Essential Sopranos Reader'

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