Description: Surveys the commercial importance, originality, and cultural relevance of the groundbreaking HBO series The Sopranos.
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It was back in June of 2007 that Tony Soprano ordered some onion rings, listened to some Journey, and then mysteriously disappeared forever into ten seconds of blackness and silence. Gary Edgerton's new book about The Sopranos elegantly tells the story of all the stuff that happened before that perplexing final scene. Concise analyses of the cable channel that developed and presented the show and the people who made it are followed by ingenious and creative readings of individual scenes and episodes. As soon as I finished the book, I went back and watched the entire series again with new insight and appreciation.
--Robert Thompson