Italian as the Italians speak it, including hundreds of current idioms. How to be angry. How to fall in love. How to be polite. What not to say. A book for Americans who want to brush up on Italian as it is spoken today. Perhaps I should begin with what a Gimmick is not. It is not a serious scholarly book. It IS the answer to your problems in speaking and understanding Italian - a method of acquiring an international vocabulary.
