Numero Zero (Hardcover)

from Dreesie

I loved the buildup and idea of this novel: creating a newspaper that will guess/investigate upcoming scandals. But it's not meant to ever exist--it is meant to get the creator/owner into the "inner circle" of publishers. By scaring the existing paper publishers with his incredible newspaper that...

from Meredy

Six-word review: Eccentric satire of manipulative journalistic practices. Extended review: I hardly know what to say about this last work of the late author, who died two days after I finished reading it. It isn't really a novel. In a way it reminds me of some sacred texts of various religions: a...

from ehines

A return to some of the themes from Foucault's Pendulum, but in a lot of ways a pale sort of return. Now conspiracy theories ARE taken seriously, and are the playthings of the rich and powerful, rather than being the half-articulate protests of the frustrated, the paranoid and the resentful. Fouc...

from JBD1

I will read pretty much anything Umberto Eco publishes, and I'm always delighted when a new novel of his appears in English. In this one, much slimmer than his usual offerings, Eco returns to his frequent themes of conspiracy theories, Italian politics, media criticism, and biting satire of journ...

from bookworm12

A light thriller from a famous author, this one fell a little flat for me. It reminded me at times of Carl Hiaasen's Basket Case, but I enjoyed that one more. The premise is overly complicated. A man wants to create a fake newspaper that will investigate scandals in Italy. There's a romance with ...