<p>An essential guide to the strange, sometimes sinister culture of contemporary Italy.<br><br><br>In 1999 Tobias Jones travelled to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors and famous writers. Instead, he discovered a very different country, besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia, where crime is scarcely ever met with punishment.<br><br><br>Now, in this fascinating travelogue...