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Title: Not the Venice I remember!
Review: The author tells the story of Venice in two ways--by relating the story of the burning and rebuilding of the Fenice, Venice's world-renown opera house, and by describing some colorful Venetians and American expatriates he met while living in Venice. I was taken aback by some of the people he described, many of whom I felt were self-serving, obnoxious, and pretentious. The worst of the lot were Larry Lovett and Dr. Bob Guthrie who may have been friends at one time but who used the charitable organization Save Venice in a quest for power and to spew venom at each other. I would much rather have learned about the simple folk who populate this most amazing city. Take me back to Savannah (and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)!
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