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Title: Rambling Essays
Review: This book, unfortunately, seems to be trying to cash in on the lucrative trend for travel essays and tales of temporary ex-patriots. The author presents un-connected chapters, each containing musings about some aspect of Rome, but none has much of an idea, theme, or point. Reading this book reminded me of why I don't like to be invited to a slide show of somebody else's trip-- you had to be there. Amateur photography and amateur writing just do not convey the essence of a place very well. The writing in this book is undisciplined and the author makes the mistaken assumption that one's stream of consciousness without intellectual rigor will be interesting to someone outside his circle of family and friends. Not recommended.
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