The New Italians

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Italy has seduced generations with its sunshine and blue skies, landscapes and art treasures, and the warmth and vitality of its people, devoted to style, sensuality and the pleasures of life.
The reality is less rosy. Italy is as exasperating as it is enchanting. Appalling public services, a rotten political class, the creeping tentacles of the Mafia, the all-forgiving Mother Church and infinitely indulgent mamma have long prevented Italians facing up to their collective failings.
Ali is now in flux. At this watershed in Italy's history, Charles Richards has written a compelling group portrait of the country and people, spanning football to Freemasonry, kickbacks to kidnappings. He concludes that however much the system changes, the Italians will remain essentially the same, and puli through with their customary brio.
'Charles Richards's book is a fine guide to the pleasures and mysteries of modern Italy for both newcomers and cognoscenti. He is particularly strong on the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Italy has seduced generations with its sunshine and blue skies, landscapes and art treasures, and the warmth and vitality of its people, devoted to style, sensuality and the pleasures of life.
The reality is less rosy. Italy is as exasperating as it is enchanting. Appalling public services, a rotten political class, the creeping tentacles of the Mafia, the all-forgiving Mother Church and infinitely indulgent mamma have long prevented Italians facing up to their collective failings.
Ali is now in flux. At this watershed in Italy's history, Charles Richards has written a compelling group portrait of the country and people, spanning football to Freemasonry, kickbacks to kidnappings. He concludes that however much the system changes, the Italians will remain essentially the same, and puli through with their customary brio.
'Charles Richards's book is a fine guide to the pleasures and mysteries of modern Italy for both newcomers and cognoscenti. He is particularly strong on the differences between the regions, the pressures of the new immigrants from Africa and eastern Europe, and the crisis in family life' - Daily Telegraph
'Undoubtedly the most lively and stimulating account of life in Italy to have appeared in recent years. The book is packed with revelations of the most extraordinary kind, many of them quite new to me' - Norman Lewis
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