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'After a late night Tai Bo fitness commercial warns him that his life will be over after 40, Peter Moore decides to pursue a boyhood dream sparked by watching old black and white movies of Sophia Loren riding motor scooters - to putt-putt around Italy on a 1960s Vespa, living la dolce vita.
'Of course, it couldn't be just any Vespa. With his 40th birthday approaching, Peter wanted a bike as old as he was and in the same condition - a little rough around the edges, but still going okay. And it had to have saddle seats. And a temperamental electrical system. And a little too much chrome. Basically the sort of motor scooter you'd see a young Marcello Mastroianni riding wearing a sharp suit and a pair of Ray Bans.
'From picnicking in the Italian alps to attempting to gate-crash Frances Mayes's villa and re-enacting Roman Holiday, Vroom with a View is as much a romance as a travel adventure. Not only does Peter sweep the woman of his dreams off her feet, he falls in love with a side of Italy others rarely see, along with Sophia of course.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Greener Pastures
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 June 2008; (p. 6)
— Review of Vroom with a View 2004 single work autobiography ; Head over Heel : Seduced By a Southern Italian 2008 single work autobiography ; Finding Nino 2008 single work autobiography -
Vrooming Around Italy
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 12 no. 4 2004; (p. 11)
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Greener Pastures
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 June 2008; (p. 6)
— Review of Vroom with a View 2004 single work autobiography ; Head over Heel : Seduced By a Southern Italian 2008 single work autobiography ; Finding Nino 2008 single work autobiography -
Vrooming Around Italy
2004
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 12 no. 4 2004; (p. 11)
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cItaly,cWestern Europe, Europe,