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  • One of the densest, most intellectually challenging books I've ever read. Eco is all across the map, both figuratively and literally. Knights Templar, medieval conspiracies, occult societies, WWII Italy, 1980's computers, and much, much more. Providing that you can decipher the extremely dense ideas ... Continue

    One of the densest, most intellectually challenging books I've ever read. Eco is all across the map, both figuratively and literally. Knights Templar, medieval conspiracies, occult societies, WWII Italy, 1980's computers, and much, much more. Providing that you can decipher the extremely dense ideas and frequent historical and literary allusions, it's an extremely rewarding read. Beware of frequent titles and quotations in a variety of languages with no translations.

    

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"As brilliant and quirky as THE NAME OF THE ROSE, as mischievous and wide-raning....A virtuoso performance."
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over....
Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--or indeed anyone--has ever devised.


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