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Foucault's Pendulum

By Umberto Eco

Book information

Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2007
ISBN
015603297X, 9780156032971
Open Library ID
OL7365781M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1713394 bytes)
Pages
259\259
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth. Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment.

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