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The Second Venice

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I found this on Amazon and bought it because the central conceit was appealing - Venice has got so crowded that two American multinationals decide to build a second, bigger, Venice on the mainland. But having an idea and turning it into a readable and coherent novel are, as this book proves, two very different things. The writing is just plain bad, the narrative structure non-existent, and there are some weird recurring obsessions on view - AIDS, national characteristics (especially concentrated on Swedish women) and Arabs. But a frown-inducing quote will paint a thousand words, as it were...

'Swedish girls were not getting their share of Italian men at all, as no Italian man was showing interest in them, especially at a time when AIDS was spreading. Many Italian men having married earlier with Swedish girls and having divorced after some years, had spread enough news around, and those ice-cube-looking Swedish blondes who hoped to get an Italian man for a night or two, were returning home, empty handed, at night.'

I just finished reading the Second Venice and I found it very
entertaining and original.This is a very good subject for
writing a movie scenario.I am glad,I took a chance and bought the book.