Title: Snotty, snide and hateful
Product review: I was looking forward to this book with the high hopes that it might be the equal of "Extra Virgin" or Peter Mayle's Provencal tales.Instead, Mr. Castagno lines up a procession of exaggerated examples of the protoypical "ugly Americans" abroad. Oh, yes, there's at least one American he liked and didn't make fun of (much). Overall, though, he prefers to paint the vast majority of Americans abroad as uncultured, ignorant buffoons.I can't imagine any American ever being willing to hire Mr. Castagno as a guide again, not after reading the apparent level of contempt in which he appears to hold us. And I'll certainly not waste my time or money reading or buying anything else he authors.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
