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Title: Limited and tedious
Review: This book is not an American family's odyssey but pompous blather about a very limited slice of Roman life. Having lived in Rome, I don't agree at all with much of the author's perspective (one example: he brags that Roman women dress fairly formally, to the max -- but observation on the streets, restaurants, theater etc. shows that as in other European cities, some dress up, most don't. A small point perhaps, but revealing of a limited vantage point) Much of the book seems mostly about his ego.
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