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Head Over Heel: Seduced by Southern Italy [Kindle Edition]

Chris Harrison
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Head over Heel is as good as a holiday. Dramatic, sensual and affectionately amusing. --John Bell, The Bell Shakespeare Company

Very entertaining,enjoyable and engaging. --Peter Carty, former Travel Editor, Time Out

A funny and touching tale about the cultural divide with a sweet and passionate love story at its heart. --The Courier Mail

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A whitewashed fishing village, a shapely signorina and an infatuated young man – head over heels on the heel of the boot. This is Chris Harrison’s hilarious and captivating story of leaving his previous life for La Dolce Vita – or rather the Southern Italian version of that seductive way of life,with its luscious foods, physical beauty and sun-drenched vistas. On a trip to Dublin, Chris falls head over heels in love with Daniela, an Italian girl “with eyes the colour of Guinness,” and follows her to her small home town of Andrano on the coast of Puglia. Among olive groves and cobblestone lanes, Chris takes us on a moving, insightful and often hilarious journey into the heart of Southern Italy. Along the way he introduces us to a cast of eccentric characters:a policeman who rearranges crimes to suit the necessary forms, a doctor who prescribes patients his homemade lemon liqueur, and – the biggest challenge of all – Daniela’s mamma who’s determined to convert Chris to the Catholic faith, supervise his choice of underwear and build a second storey on her stucco home where the couple might live happily ever after. Can this relationship with Southern Italy possibly survive or will the sweet life turn sour?

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Oh how true... 21 Oct 2009
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I am married to a man from this part of Italy (albeit a city boy), and I was nodding in recognition on almost every page at the descriptions of how an italian family works, how italians view life, law and parking and how frustrating that is for a 'normal westerner'.

I loved this story and I would also love to read about what happend next, soon please.

The only thing which upset me a little was his description of Lecce. I haven't seen the modern Lecce and the bureaucracy there, only the old Baroque city, and what a city that is. If anyone visits this part of Italy, you must go to Lecce.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Funtastico! 11 May 2009
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Chris Harrison's work is not only highly entertaining but a real insight into what life in Italia is like. He describes in accurate and amusing detail the idiosycrosis of Italians and how they relate to each other and what every day life is like there. The love story between him and Daniela (smile when you say her name) is heart-warming and addictive. I can't wait for his next book so I can read about what happened next!

One of the best things is that the book is based in Puglia - not Tuscany like a gazillion other stories about life in Italia. To me Puglia is the raw almost untouched Italia and worthy of a trip if you have never been there before. Make sure you read this book before going (and eat at Nonna Tetti's restaurant in Lecce!).

I loved it and couldn't put it down. Thanks Chris!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is an exceptional book! Chris Harrison has written a superb story that is at once romantic (the wooing and winning of Daniela), satirical (of Italians and Italy) and affectionate (of Italians and Italy).

Linguistically it is a tour de force - with lyrical passages of great beauty, outrageous puns and a more insightful and reflective style than other Italian travel memoirs I have read which merely scratch the surface of Italian life.

I hope no one decribes this hilarious book as 'unputdownable': I put it down regularly in order to savour the elegance and rhythms of Harrison's prose. A masterpiece. Watch this name.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
This is an excellent read
If you only ever read one book about Italian life, then read "Head over Heel". Chris Harrison perfectly captures the happiness and frustrations of Italy. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Footballnut
Not seduced.
I am going to Southern Italy this summer and wanted to find out more about life in this region. The book was entertaining and well written, describing the frustrations of living in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by CarolJ
Charming, amusing and thoroughly agreeable
A charming, amusing, thoroughly agreeable book, never intended as great literature but so much better written than some other books of the genre (for instance, Peter Mayle's Year... Read more
Published 10 months ago by David
Genuinely had me laughing and smiling in public.....
Have just read this book for a second time whilst actually on holiday in Italy which, I should say, is the perfect place to read such a book. Read more
Published 10 months ago by JWatson
Funny, witty and honest insight into Italian life
I laughed out loud with some of the scenes in this book. Chris Harrison helps us immerse in the customs and ways of Italian people, and introduces us to their village life in a... Read more
Published 13 months ago by S. Callejo Paterson
Authentic, compassionate and hilarious
Books about living la dolce vita in Italy are legion but 'Head over Heel' is in a league of its own. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Gill1608
A laugh out loud book
I am only half way through but am enjoying this book so much. I bought it as we're holidaying in Puglia later this year. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Ciaobella13
Seduced to the point of Ecstacy!!
I wanted a book that would make me laugh, cry and also be insightful into the machinations of Italian culture and the Italians.

Boy did I hit the jackpot! Read more
Published 17 months ago by L. Grice
Lovable and fun
I loved this book and all the people in it. Chris has a flair for writing and his descriptions of his life in Italy are so real. Where are you and Daniella now? Read more
Published 19 months ago by Reader Ruthie
Head Over Heel
I was disappointed by this book. There were a couple of basic factual errors at the beginning, which made me question the knowlege of the author about the area e.g. Read more
Published 21 months ago by LauLi
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