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Title: the same old tired starry-eyed cliches
Review: sorry to demur from the outpouring of unfocused affection, but this book is awful. For anyone who has been for more than a casual trip to Rome, the author disappoints. Every old cliche is dutifully trotted out and dusted off. The language is uninspired, the insights pedestrian and lacking in flair, the egocentricity rampant. A banal addition to the travel bookshelf, fit mainly for those intrepid armchair travellers who prefer their fare pre-chewed.
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