Deadline Rome: The Vatican Kylix

Sari Gilbert fell in love with Italy at a tender age and has been living in Rome since the 1970s when she moved there to complete her graduate studies in International Relations – she has both an M.A. and a Ph.D - and then found work there as a reporter and foreign correspondent. Over the years, except for fashion shows and soccer games, Gilbert covered just about every kind of news story there was to cover in Italy: elections, government crises, Mafia trials, terrorism, papal assassination attempts, immigration and immigrant smuggling, political corruption, earthquakes, food, tourism, business and banking, with the result that she knows a great deal about this delightful, frustrating and terribly complicated country. Her first book, My Home Sweet Rome: Living (and Loving) in the Eternal City, provides a comprehensive – and entertaining – look at the ins and outs of life in Italy. This is her first novel.