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?Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.??New York Times?Whether you're into Sherlock Holmes, Montaillou, Borges, the nouvelle critique, the Rule of St. Benedict, metaphysics, library design, or The Thing from the Crypt, you'll love it. Who can that miss out???Sunday Times (London)Now available in a deluxe fortieth-anniversary paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by ...

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We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'?HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own personal experiences growing up in the shadow of Mussolini. Umberto Eco remains o...

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The internationally acclaimed author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE presents a timely collection of essays written over the last ten years. Full of passion and curiosity, they examine topics as diverse as indignant reviews of James Joyce's ULYSSES by fascist journalists of the '20s and '30s, to censorship, violence and Wikileaks, arguing that every country needs an enemy, whether it be real or invented.

Umberto Eco (1932¿2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with conspiracies both ghastly and mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots and massacres. But what if, behind all of this, lay just one man? Eco's biggest novel since THE NAME OF THE ROSE is a thrilling ta...

Nineteenth-century Europe abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Every nation has its own secret service, and conspiracies rule history. What if, behind all of these conspiracies, both real and imagined, lay one lone man?

1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate.

From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder.

A new conspiracy thriller by the internationally bestselling author of "The Name Of The Rose", set in Milan, 1992. Mafioso, love, corruption, murder, and the clash of forces that have shaped Italy since WWII. A no.1 bestseller on publication in Italy. Now in paperback.

1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. As Colonna gets to know the team, he learns the paranoid theories of Braggadocio, who is co...

The worldwide bestselling novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder from the acclaimed author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery ¶ #1 bestseller in Italy ¶ 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain controversial. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't resist to ghostwrite a b...