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Title: Compelling!
Review: This book obviously generates the whole spectrum of reactions. Having not read Midnight, I came to it with no expectations. The attraction for me was Venice. I have been reading a lot about Italy lately, and no other book has been anything like this.I found Berendt's writing style extremely easy to read and very descriptive. I was really caught up in every little story he told, and his characters are some of the most memorable I have ever encountered - and they are real people! In many ways Venice is like a theme park. It is hard to believe people really live there. So I was fascinated to read about some current and previous residents of Venice. It was also interesting that so many people who presume to treat Venice as their own are actually expats or even foreigners.In short, I loved it and would read it again. I felt that I was getting insight into "the real Venice," or at least one of its guises.
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