Comments About “Venice in Las Vegas”

Here I will post comments about “Venice in Las Vegas” as they come in.

“The authenticity of the ’60s counterculture meets the Disneyfied and digitalised world of hypermodernity as lived by a young American (born in 1956).  Shapiro knows that telling this story as autobiography is an art, and not a minor one.  His is candid,  witty, varied, and written as an adventure across two continents.  It informs, entertains, and educates as the expérience did for Shapiro. A delight to read.”

– Mike Gane, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Loughborough University

“I am at a loss for words. It’s a work of art. The photos, especially yours, are so gorgeous. There is a joy that stems from this ‘personal’ book. I mean the ‘pleasure of text’ for us, the readers, with whom you’ve decided to share the best part of your life. In your autobiography, I can clearly trace the transitional history of Western modernity from the postwar to the contemporary era. There is a pure ‘evidence’ of so-called ‘intellectual history’. I forecast that soon it will be part of the university curriculum in Cultural Studies, with a distinguished position in the international literature. Both covers look gorgeous. This is a cultural theory ‘textbook’ using the technique of autobiography as its special narrative vehicle.”

— Spiros Makris, Associate Professor of Political Theory and European Studies, University of Macedonia