Fiction. Italian Studies. A collection of newspaper columns written over a four-year span, Fred L.Gardaphe's MOUSTACHE PETE IS DEAD! is an insightful look into the world of the Italian immigrant. Through Pete's words, we come to understand the difficulties many immigrants and their progeny have often had in order to negotiate the dominant culture's misunderstanding of the immigrant's culture of origin. MOUSTACHE PETE IS DEAD! calls for the birth of...