Since childhood, Paulo Tullio hay returned each summer to his hometown of Gallinaro and to the passionate people of his valley. This book describes a hysterically chaotic wine competition, samples the Italian cantina, instructs on marketplace haggling, and investigates the charms and scams of Naples. It looks with disbelief at a tortuous bureaucracy, observes the role of the Church in daily life, and explains how to win a local election and how to roast a pig. The reader tours a carousel of picnics, feasts, and fireworks, led by the delightful pen-and-ink sketches of renowned watercolorist Susan Morley. This warm-hearted tour of a charming, intimate world is as enticing and original as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun.