JAMES GANDOLFINI The Real Life of the Man Who Made Tony Soprano

John Ventimiglia, who regularly appeared on "The Sopranos" TV series, gives a skillful and nuanced narration of this biography. He portrays the actor whose foremost role was that of Mafioso Tony Soprano with a street-tough, raw delivery and an authentic-sounding New Jersey inflection. While providing reasonable degrees of insight into a private man who was a highly skilled actor, the author primarily focuses on his singular television role, the cult status of the program, and the media circus that surrounded Gandolfini' s last hours. As narrator, Ventimiglia doesn't hide his love and respect for Gandolfini. W.A.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2014]