Paradise Salvage

By John Fusco
Read by Brian Emerson

14.62 Hours • 07/01/2002 • unabridged
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Paradise Salvage is both a taut thriller and a lyrical coming-of-age story following twelve-year-old Nunzio Paradiso’s last summer of innocence. For Nunzio, each new wreck towed into Paradise Salvage is a desultory gift from Fortune, a random opportunity for discovery. But on a hot summer day in 1979, in the trunk of an abandoned Pontiac Bonneville, he uncovers a secret that will change his life. Then, in the blink of an eye, all evidence is lost to the crusher, and only his older brother Danny Boy believes Nunzio’s story. Enlisting the help of a cousin, an ex-cop with a dark history of his own, they embark on a bizarre and dangerous journey that proves to be as much one of personal discovery as an unraveling of the mystery behind the corpse at Paradise Salvage.

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Summary

Summary

Finalist for the 2001 CWA Debut Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel

Paradise Salvage is both a taut thriller and a lyrical coming-of-age story following twelve-year-old Nunzio Paradiso’s last summer of innocence.

For Nunzio, each new wreck towed into Paradise Salvage is a desultory gift from Fortune, a random opportunity for discovery. But on a hot summer day in 1979, in the trunk of an abandoned Pontiac Bonneville, he uncovers a secret that will change his life. Then, in the blink of an eye, all evidence is lost to the crusher, and only his older brother Danny Boy believes Nunzio’s story.

Enlisting the help of a cousin, an ex-cop with a dark history of his own, they embark on a bizarre and dangerous journey that proves to be as much one of personal discovery as an unraveling of the mystery behind the corpse at Paradise Salvage.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“John Fusco has given us a book with a large and loving heart. Paradise Salvage is a work of triumph.” —Lorenzo Carcaterra, New York Times bestselling author
“Proves home is where the heart is...Corruption may drive Fusco’s plot, but quirky characters definitely hold the steering wheel.” —Boston Herald
“Fusco’s fiction debut has many simpatico characters [and] some charming scenes.” —Kirkus Reviews
“If you’re hoping for a leisurely, sentimental study of time and place, Fusco delivers.” —Rocky Mountain News
“[An] ambitious coming-of-age pseudothriller debut.” —Publishers Weekly
“Hilarious and touching. With a screenwriter’s flair for the sensuous, the book is an explosion of visual and tactile and olfactory impressions. We are catapulted into Little Italy.” —Stowe Reporter (Vermont)
“The story, set in a working-class Connecticut town in 1979, brims with suspense, adventure, and Italian-American culture as Nuncio and his older brother must face incredulous adults, corrupt officials, violence, death, and Italian superstitions.” —AudioFile
“Fusco does so many things so well in this novel.” —Alfred Rosa, professor of English at the University of Vermont

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Author

Author Bio: John Fusco

John Fusco is an American novelist and multi-award-winning screenwriter. His debut novel, Paradise Salvage, was shortlisted for the 2001 Crime Writers of America Debut Dagger Award for best first crime novel. His screenplays include The Forbidden Kingdom, Crossroads, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Thunderheart, Hidalgo, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. His screenplay for Hidalgo won the Spur Award in 2005 for best western drama script, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron won eight film awards and a nomination for an Academy Award in 2003 for best animated feature. He was born in Connecticut and is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. 

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Available Formats : Digital Download, Digital Rental, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction
Runtime: 14.62
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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