Joe Pantoliano, the character actor with a penchant for playing likeable lowlifes (''Memento''), and not-so-likeable lowlifes (Ralphie in ''The Sopranos''), will be telling the story of his early years in Hoboken, N.J., where his mother ran numbers and his Mob-connected stepfather did time in jail. ''It's not a celebrity memoir,'' says Brian Tart, editorial director of Dutton, which will publish ''Who's Sorry Now: The True Story of a Stand-up Guy'' in September. ''It's just the story of him growing up...literally in a real-life Sopranos family.'' Though Ralphie's fate on the series is a secret, Tart isn't worried that he'll get whacked before the book can take off. ''You never know when his day is due, but he is a big part of the season,'' he says.
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