I've always heard that description, explication and dialogue are, in some way, supposed to move the plot along. But, in this case, the dialogue is, basically, a guy learning to speak Italian (which is then translated into English so that the reader knows what is being said) while the description and explication sound like something lifted from the pages of a travel book. Meanwhile, the plot is barely moving and the suspense is more about WHEN will something happen than WHAT will happen. Sorry, Mr. G., this isn't your best.