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Fiorito shoots the brief documentary tales of The Hated Ones in a vivid black and white, bringing to life a Basketball Diaries-like world of ne'er-do-wells growing up on the wrong side of whatever tracks separate the silver spoons from the rest of us with our wayward fathers, disappointed mothers, and ill-defined dreams of being somebody. George Guida, The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times Mike Fiorito's storytelling is raw and direct, never holds back: it does not prettify or conceal, but his writer's precise touch is also tender, delicate, compassionate without ever being condescending. The Hated Ones may be hopelessly lost on their strange quest, but the underworld where we follow them, more Dantesque than Homeric, holds us gratefully captive. Edvige Giunta, Writing with an Accent The Hated Ones uncovers the lived experiences of urban decay, substance abuse, racial alienation, sexual exploitation, and poverty. Stephen J. Cerulli, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute A gun at our protagonist's head seems normal. These young men of The Hated Ones who need comfort, have weed, wild music, and each other, but not more than that. Fiorito writes elegantly and dead on. Joanna Clapps Herman, When I Am Italian

Fiorito shoots the brief documentary tales of The Hated Ones in a vivid black and white, bringing to life a Basketball Diaries-like world of ne'er-do-wells growing up on the wrong side of whatever tracks separate the silver spoons from the rest of us with our wayward fathers, disappointed mothers, and ill-defined dreams of being somebody. George Guida, The Pope Stories and Other Tales of Troubled Times Mike Fiorito's storytelling is raw and direct, never holds back: it does not prettify or conceal, but his writer's precise touch is also tender, delicate, compassionate without ever being condescending. The Hated Ones may be hopelessly lost on their strange quest, but the underworld where we follow them, more Dantesque than Homeric, holds us gratefully captive. Edvige Giunta, Writing with an Accent The Hated Ones uncovers the lived experiences of urban decay, substance abuse, racial alienation, sexual exploitation, and poverty. Stephen J. Cerulli, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute A gun at our protagonist's head seems normal. These young men of The Hated Ones who need comfort, have weed, wild music, and each other, but not more than that. Fiorito writes elegantly and dead on. Joanna Clapps Herman, When I Am Italian

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Mike Fiorito is currently an Associate Editor for Mad Swirl Magazine and a regular contributor to the Red Hook Star Revue. The Hated Ones is his fifth book. His other books include Falling from Trees, Call Me Guido, Freud's Haberdashery Habits and Hallucinating Huxley. Mike lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two boys.

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