{"product_id":"summer-in-the-islands-an-italian-odyssey-9781783523320","title":"Summer in the Islands: An Italian Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eImagine spending a carefree summer in the Italian sun  beachcombing  eating and drinking with abandon  and drifting without restraint from island to island  from port to port. Here is the record of Matthew Fort doing just thathopping between the Aeolian Islands  something he hadnt done since his early twenties. Traveling by Vespa and by ferry  Fort tours the islands at his leisure. He takes us to Elba  where Napoleon was once imprisoned; to Salina  famous for its capers  just as Pantelleria is famous for its dessert wine; to Pianosa  where dangerous Mafia bosses were kept and which Joseph Heller used as the setting for Catch-22; to Capri  where Maxim Gorky ran a school for revolutionaries which was visited by Lenin and Stalin  to all of Italys 52 islands which he has never written about before. With 30 years of experience as a food critic  travel writer  and adventurer  Fort is an excellent guide through the culinary and cultural history he encounters during his summer in the islands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276435021877,"sku":"ByrdShop_1783523328","price":96.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781783523320.jpg?v=1780551413","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/summer-in-the-islands-an-italian-odyssey-9781783523320","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}