Italian Life
A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal
Tim Parks
- 'Parks...offers
- detailed
- cultural
- observation,
- witty
- yet
- eagle-eyed,
- of
- what
- makes
- Italians
- so
- Italian'
- The
- TimesHow
- does
- Italy
- really
- work?When
- Valeria
- travels
- from
- hot,
- dusty
- Basilicata
- to
- begin
- her
- studies
- in
- a
- northern
- university
- town,
- she
- has
- little
- idea
- of
- the
- kind
- of
- education
- she
- will
- find
- there.
- Italian
- Life
- is
- her
- story,
- and
- that
- of
- the
- students
- and
- professors
- around
- her:
- a
- story
- of
- power
- and
- corruption,
- influence
- and
- exclusion,
- and
- the
- workings
- of
- a
- society
- where
- your
- connections
- are
- everything.Written
- with
- flair
- and
- insight,
- Italian
- Life
- joins
- Tim
- Parks'
- bestselling
- books
- about
- his
- beloved
- and
- paradoxical
- adopted
- country.
- It
- is
- a
- gripping,
- entertaining,
- behind-the-scenes
- account
- of
- how
- Italy
- actually
- happens,
- and
- the
- ways
- it
- can
- surprise
- those
- who
- know
- it
- inside
- out.'A
- satisfyingly
- truthful,
- entertaining
- and
- provocative
- comedy'
- Daily Telegraph
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