Live & Work in Italy, 3rd (Live and Work)

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Summary: An excellent and practical guide, full of sound advice.
Review: This book is a detailed survey of the opportunities for employment and living in Italy - it covers such mundane, but essential subjects such as residence and entry regulations, property purchase and rental, tax evasion and other national pastimes, as well as how to find a job or start a business. It lets you know in confident style how, where and why to go for the Italian experience.

Unlike Travis Neighbour and Monica Larner's popular "Living, Studying and Working in Italy", this guide doesn't assume that every reader has the lifestyle and experience of the average impoverished student. Want to know how and where to get the best mortgages and loans, or understand the finer points of etiquette, language and culture? It's all here - buy it, become an expert, and above all enjoy!

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Summary: Only of use to Brits enroute to Italy
Review: This book was of very little use to me. I purchased it right after reading Travis Neighbor and Monica Larner's Living, Working, and Studying in Italy, and it was such a disappointment. It was in an awkward-to-use format, almost like some sort of government fact book. It compared aspects of life blow-by-blow to those in the UK and seemed to offer very little information that would be of use to an American relocating to Italy. If you're from the UK, it may be just what you need, but otherwise I'd steer clear.

One other thing: I noticed it's part of a very large series, which may tell you something about the impersonality of it - even more so that this author has written quite a few in the series.