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A review by gadrake
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
3.0
Surprising adventures await Paul Stuart who slips away to Italy to find time to complete a writing deadline. Paul is a revered food and wine writer from Scotland. Living mainly in obscurity as he writes magazine articles, he becomes quite popular after his new editor, Gloria, discovers a successful formula for writing books on the same subjects. He currently has a mental block though.
After an ego humbling breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Paul is eager to get away to Italy. At the airport, his car reservation never materializes and a bulldozer becomes his transportation of choice. Thus begins a series of comic mishaps.
Romantic complications emerge as the ex-girlfriend, his smitten editor, and a certain lovely American artist vie for his attention. His experiences with an escaped convict, a priest who take matters into their own hands, and a depressed vintner add up to a lot of humor. This is an amusing lightly romantic, entertaining novel.
After an ego humbling breakup with his longtime girlfriend, Paul is eager to get away to Italy. At the airport, his car reservation never materializes and a bulldozer becomes his transportation of choice. Thus begins a series of comic mishaps.
Romantic complications emerge as the ex-girlfriend, his smitten editor, and a certain lovely American artist vie for his attention. His experiences with an escaped convict, a priest who take matters into their own hands, and a depressed vintner add up to a lot of humor. This is an amusing lightly romantic, entertaining novel.