100 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Italy

Italy is the world’s favourite country.

We love its food, its art, its singers, its movies, and, most of all, its love of life. And yet … Italy remains a mystery.
What’s the secret of its happiness? And if the place is an earthly paradise, how come its governments keep collapsing, its public services barely function, its men are obsessed with their mothers, its birthrate is the lowest in the world and its murder rate is the highest in Europe?
In this book, David Dale attempts to answer those weightier questions, and offers practical advice on:
* Where to eat
* What to see
* How to get around
* Where to stay
* How to understand the natives
How to make sense of the gestures, the wallposters, the TV shows, the menus, the headlines, the rituals, the jokes, the villains, the heroes and the lifestyle.
The 100 Things Everyone Needs to Know About Italy is for anyone who has ever been to Italy and loved it, anyone who has been to Italy and wondered what the fuss was about, and everyone who is planning a visit and wants a head start on every other traveller.