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Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years
An intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest friends.
Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's inner circle. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over sixty years. One reason Sinatra valued Tony’s friendship is that he could be trusted: Sinatra nicknamed him "the Clam" because Tony...more
Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's inner circle. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over sixty years. One reason Sinatra valued Tony’s friendship is that he could be trusted: Sinatra nicknamed him "the Clam" because Tony...more
Paperback, 326 pages
Published
November 13th 2012
by Tantor Media
(first published November 8th 2012)
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The best and worst thing about an audiobook is that the narration very much affects your enjoyment of the book. And the best and worst thing about a review of an audiobook is that it very much takes the narration into account when discussing the book. Some books are only made better by great narration. Sadly, my experience has been that this is rare. Usually the best an audiobook can hope for is to not ruin the book for the listener with narration that is...more
The best and worst thing about an audiobook is that the narration very much affects your enjoyment of the book. And the best and worst thing about a review of an audiobook is that it very much takes the narration into account when discussing the book. Some books are only made better by great narration. Sadly, my experience has been that this is rare. Usually the best an audiobook can hope for is to not ruin the book for the listener with narration that is...more
Dec 18, 2012
Cathie
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Frank Sinatra fans, hollywood wanna-knowers,
Recommended to Cathie by:
Goodreads Advance Reading Copy given by author
Shelves:
biography,
first-reads-arcs
Good gossipy read. Enquiring minds like to know stuff. Felt like I was sitting down and talking with one of the Gambino members. Tony Consiglio was Frank Sinatra's valet for 50 years. He was also a childhood friend of his, hanging out, being a teenage "hoodlum", when Frank got kicked out of school. Frank Sinatra use to call Tony Consiglio "the clam" because Tony would never talk about Frank's experiences to anyone else. Apparently "The clam" turned "informant" just before he died.
I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway. It isn't my usual type of read- I don't usually pick up a gossipy, tell-all book. However, I am a huge fan of Frank Sinatra and have a fascination with the time period in which his career blossomed. The author warns you at the beginning that the book was written just the way that Sinatra's best friend, Tony Consiglio, told the stories. If you can get past the non-chronological rumblings and the repetition, this is a very enjoyable read! I learned much abo...more
Enjoyed a look back into the life of Frank Sinatra. I found some of the text often redundant, but understood the author was only revisiting the subject matter through the thoughts of a friend, who like Sinatra is now deceased. Would be nice if Frank Sinatra could approve or dispute the facts contained but enjoyed the read.
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