"Then my uncle goes and writes this book about another Mob family of some great renown! Just when I thought I was out."But the Falcos are not out. The Mob connection seems to work quite nicely for the Family Falco."Yeah, it was funny that an actress from a suburban Italian-American family ended up being associated with a Mob family of some renown, years ago though it was," Edie Falco, who now plays a drug-addicted nurse in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, says by e-mail. We like to think it's coincidental." MORE: 'Violence game home' to Virginia TechEdie Falco, of course, is famous for her award-winning role as Carmela in The Sopranos, the hit HBO series revolving around a Mafia family.Not that the two are complaining. "We're not sure how we both ended up in the Mob. His niece, Edie Falco, is the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress.So what are they doing hanging out with the Mafia?"It's a joke between us, a constant source of amusement," says the elder Falco, whose new book, The Family Corleone, a prequel to Mario Puzo's wildly popular 1969 novel The Godfather, goes on sale Tuesday. Ed is a respected literary novelist, writer of short stories and director of the MFA program in creative writing at Virginia Tech. The Falcos seem like such a nice family. Strong>By Craig Wilson, USA TODAYBLACKSBURG, Va.
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