| #53022 in Books | Umberto Eco | 2007-03-05 | 2007-03-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.14 x5.31l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 640 pages | Foucault s Pendulum||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Rounded up to 4.5 Stars|By ScoLgo|This was my first Eco book. It won't be my last.
I usually lose patience quickly when an author has a proclivity to use two, three - even four analogies where one is sufficient. Not so with this book. The analogies are so clever - and cleverly delivered - that I barely noticed I was being pestered by one of my pet peeves. Even after|From Publishers Weekly|If a copy (often unread) of The Name of the Rose on the coffee table was a badge of intellectual superiority in 1983, Eco's second novel--also an intellectual blockbuster--should prove more accessible. This complex psychological thriller c
Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled―a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, th...
You easily download any file type for your device.Foucault's Pendulum | Umberto Eco. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
