Ciao Amore, ciao

Italy and music. In no other country does music hold a comparable significance. More than any other art form, it has the ability to explain the country and answer all the questions that are asked a thousand times over. Music is ever-present. In a country where opera arias are whistled, monuments to renowned singers stand everywhere, and the ratings of a five-day song contest overshadow any sports broadcast, one simply cannot escape music.

Through heart-wrenching canzoni and irresistible earworms, Eric Pfeil narrates the torn nature of a country caught between Dolce Vita and impenetrable bureaucracy, the legacy of Silvio Berlusconi, the Mafia, and a societal awakening, the success story of Italy's uncoolest band, and time and again, love.