A review by amyradak
My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith

2.5

2.5 stars. Vaguely entertaining, but not 'interesting.' I think I must need a book that's a little more plot driven than this. The main character is a food and wine writer in a slump after a breakup, and he takes a short residence in a small Italian village to hunker down and get his next book done. There are several entertaining elements to the book, such as the fact that he ends up in an Italian jail for a day over a misunderstanding regarding a rental car, and the fact that he ends up having to eventually rent a bulldozer to drive to the remote Italian village due to a rental car shortage. But beyond that, it's just 'a series of stuff that happens' in my opinion. The writer meets some interesting people, and eventually finishes his book and goes home. That's it.