Frank Palescandolo, Palescandolo

Frank J. Palescandolo was born in New York City. He attended Columbia University and the Fordham School of Social Work, He is a novelist, poet, translator and memoirist. Drawing on his experience as a member of the District Attorney's Office of Brooklyn, he first became an novelist of crime. As the scion of a landmark restaurant family of NYC, his memoirs, Remembrance of a Restaurant and The Decameron of Dining further displayed the diversity of his talent and experience. Novels include Rumble on the Docks, La Sirena Straniera, The Nose of San Januarius, Under the Blue Skies of Naples, Man in