Title: Dreadful distortion--real title: Everything Wrong with Italy
Product review: I found this book to be absolutely dreadful. I kept wanting to throw it against the wall, but waiting for it to turn around. It never did. It is a rant about everything "wrong" with Italy. In the very last few pages, he acknowledges that Italians say they would never want to live anywhere else. But does he explore why? No. I even had my sister read it--married to an Italian, and had lived there for years. She had the same reaction. It's not like what he narrates is entirely wrong (though some is); it's just not anywhere near a complete picture. It's as if you started to look at your beautiful beloved to find all the flaws--they're there, but do not constitute the overwhelming experience. The title and introduction seem pasted on. And the anti-South stuff--just awful. This book is going straight to the recycle bin--not donated to the library.
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