Falconi's Tractor

Alfredo Freddy Flowers Falconi has led two lives: the idyllic one before his mother's 1984 death and the complicated one afterward. His father abandoned the family, and his oldest brother covered up the circumstances of her demise to keep the family's honor intact. Twenty-three years later, that lie has become a black hole that threatens to tear them apart. Falconi's Tractor explores the Italo-Canadian experience, Catholicism, family dynamics, the fall of a family business, infidelity, and mental health.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 285 pages
Publication date: 01 May 2019
Publisher: Guernica Editions,Canada

Like his three siblings, Alfredo Freddy Flowers Falconi has led two lives: the idyllic one before The Incident -- his mother's 1984 death -- and the complicated one afterward. He was just eight years old when his father abandoned the family, and nine when his oldest brother, Small Carm, covered up the circumstances of Rosa Falconi's demise to keep the family's honor intact. Twenty-three years later, that lie has become a black hole: hidden at the center of all of their lives, it's a supremely powerful force that, when uncovered by Freddy, threatens to tear them apart. Set against the backdrop of the Falconi family's shuttered tractor showroom on Toronto's pulsating and ethnically diverse Spadina Avenue, Falconi's Tractor explores the Italo-Canadian experience, Catholicism, family dynamics, the fall of a family business, infidelity, and mental health -- all with a red Falconi tractor and a Ferrari sports car as bookends to the action.

Like his three siblings, Alfredo Freddy Flowers Falconi has led two lives: the idyllic one before The Incident -- his mother's 1984 death -- and the complicated one afterward. He was just eight years old when his father abandoned the family, and nine when his oldest brother, Small Carm, covered up the circumstances of Rosa Falconi's demise to keep the family's honor intact. Twenty-three years later, that lie has become a black hole: hidden at the center of all of their lives, it's a supremely powerful force that, when uncovered by Freddy, threatens to tear them apart. Set against the backdrop of the Falconi family's shuttered tractor showroom on Toronto's pulsating and ethnically diverse Spadina Avenue, Falconi's Tractor explores the Italo-Canadian experience, Catholicism, family dynamics, the fall of a family business, infidelity, and mental health -- all with a red Falconi tractor and a Ferrari sports car as bookends to the action.

Weight: 282g
Dimension: 199 x 139 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781771833356