July 14, 2016

Shop talk: bulldozers and Brunello

 It was a particularly frustrating experience with a car rental at Rome airport that finally persuaded Alexander McCall Smith to pen his latest novella. That was last spring and now we have My Italian Bulldozer, an immensely enjoyable vinous adventure set in the seductive, rolling valleys of Tuscany. It follows the adventures of food writer Paul Stuart as he finds himself embroiled in the most ludicrous circumstances. Arriving at the airport, with no record of any reservation for his car hire, Paul is left stranded until a stranger offers him an unexpected alternative, a bulldozer.