Title: Cheap laughter
Review: "Alpine for You" is funny. Not as funny as some other books of the same genre (Laura Levine's mysteries come to mind), and there are funnier situations in mysteries not written specifically for laughter, but funny enough for a light reading. Also it is an acceptable mystery --- although just barely.What makes the book rather repellent is the ridiculously distorted picture of Switzerland. It would not be an issue if the preposterous problems with the hotel, food, service and attitudes were shown as isolated exceptions and balanced by a more truthful overall picture. The way the description is generalized is nauseating and cheap.
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