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Class | Francesco Pacifico
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In Class, Francesco Pacifico tells the story of a young Italian couple who move to America, specifically Williamsburg: The Promised Land, to chase their ambitions. Once there, they fall in with a group of Italian expats. These languidly ambitious men and women will come together and fall apart, but can they escape their fates? A grand, subversive novel that bridges Italy and America, high and low, money and art; that channels Virginia Woolf and Kanye West, Henry Miller and Lil' Wayne; Class is an unforgettable, mordantly funny account of Italians chasing the American dream.
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Class | Francesco Pacifico
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Italian rich kids in America, chasing their dreams of cool using their inheritances and allowances from dear old ma and pa. Between tracksuits, tweets, and love triangles I'm still not sure what to think. I bet Italians reading this would get a good kick out of it. Raucous, raunchy, and hilarious in parts it's an interesting look into a world of privilege and contemporary Italian writing. 🌟🌟🌟.5/5.

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Class | Francesco Pacifico
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Finally getting a bit warmer in Montreal! Reading in the sun under heavy blankets 👻. This is a wildly different read than I've had in a while. Cool Italians in America...Only one review on Litsy so far and it was a pan. See how this one goes!

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Class | Francesco Pacifico
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I clipped a review from Publishers Weekly about this book months and months ago — and came across it in a file recently, and ordered a copy (again, used through eBay). I am highly susceptible to books in translation by contemporary Italian writers.

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Vile characters, incoherent plot, truly unpleasant. Maybe you have to be Italian to follow whatever the author is getting at. Not recommended.