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Title: Petty and Pretentious
Review: If Venice is a city you've always dreamed of visiting, or your favorite travel destination, this book still isn't for you! Don't get me wrong, I love great stories filled with interesting and eccentric characters, as this book is billed. Trouble is, this book doesn't deliver on that score either.Sure there are some great stories buried in the pages of social party drivel, like the Seguso glass dynasty - worth every paragraph and more.But mostly Berendt's long awaited follow-up to Midnight is chock full of gossip, innuendo, and pandering blather about all the "great" people Berendt can name - John, I get it, you can list all the hall of famers on the 19th and early 20th century facist poet dream team. Trouble is I DON'T CARE.With so many great and beautiful books in the world about Venice and it's people, this work lacks the luster or unique perspective worthy of the slog to get through it.
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