Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die! is a 2006 novel by Mark Binelli, published by Dalkey Archive. It is Binelli's first novel.The main characters, Nic Sacco and Bart Vanzetti, are a Laurel and Hardy-style comedic team that is a re-imagining of Sacco and Vanzetti, with the Sacco character being fat and comedic and the Vanzetti character being the straight man. Therefore the Sacco is \"Fatty\" and the Vanzetti is \"Skinny\". The two characters act in silent films and do slapstick comedy. The narrative uses journal entries, excerpts of interviews, and variety shows.Brendan Driscoll of Booklist wrote that \"it’s clear that Binelli’s most abiding intellectual interest is about the social construction of ethnicity.\" The book also discusses historical memory and public personas. Publishers Weekly wrote that \"it takes a long time for Binelli to bring together his counter-tale with its real-life antecedents.\""@en }
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- Sacco_and_Vanzetti_Must_Die! abstract "Sacco and Vanzetti Must Die! is a 2006 novel by Mark Binelli, published by Dalkey Archive. It is Binelli's first novel.The main characters, Nic Sacco and Bart Vanzetti, are a Laurel and Hardy-style comedic team that is a re-imagining of Sacco and Vanzetti, with the Sacco character being fat and comedic and the Vanzetti character being the straight man. Therefore the Sacco is \"Fatty\" and the Vanzetti is \"Skinny\". The two characters act in silent films and do slapstick comedy. The narrative uses journal entries, excerpts of interviews, and variety shows.Brendan Driscoll of Booklist wrote that \"it’s clear that Binelli’s most abiding intellectual interest is about the social construction of ethnicity.\" The book also discusses historical memory and public personas. Publishers Weekly wrote that \"it takes a long time for Binelli to bring together his counter-tale with its real-life antecedents.\"".