by Alexander McCall Smith, 2017, Pantheon 

This is a delightful book about a man who breaks up with his girlfriend and then travels to Tuscany to finish writing a book about Tuscan food and wine. He finds that when he gets there that the car rental company has not record of his rental reservation and there are no cars available. He ends up renting a bulldozer to travel around while he is there, and the rest of the story goes on from there..

The author is really adept at capturing the essence of his various characters, whether they are Italian or otherwise. When reading a book by Alecxander McCall Smith the reader can just picture whatever individual is being depicted.

When I picked up the book, I thought that this would be a great situation to read a story filled with hilarious escapades and I would be doing belly laughs. While there are certainly some very funny moments, it’s more of a very pleasant experience to read. I really did enjoy it.