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Numero Zero
Umberto Eco
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Description for Numero Zero
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 takes a job at a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. Translator(s): Dixon, Richard. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose 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 takes a job at a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. There he learns the paranoid theories of Braggadocio, who is convinced that Mussolini's corpse was a body-double and part of a wider Fascist plot. Colonna is sceptical. But when a body is found, ... Read more
The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose 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 takes a job at a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. There he learns the paranoid theories of Braggadocio, who is convinced that Mussolini's corpse was a body-double and part of a wider Fascist plot. Colonna is sceptical. But when a body is found, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784701826
SKU
V9781784701826
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Ref
99-26
About Umberto Eco
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.
Reviews for Numero Zero
A triumph
Scotland on Sunday
A smart, modern mystery
Justine Carbery
Independent
A novel for our times
Irish News
Brims with exuberant inventiveness
Terry Eagleton
Times Literary Supplement
Combines farce and conspiracy thriller while retaining the author's familiar sense of detachment ... Read more
Scotland on Sunday
A smart, modern mystery
Justine Carbery
Independent
A novel for our times
Irish News
Brims with exuberant inventiveness
Terry Eagleton
Times Literary Supplement
Combines farce and conspiracy thriller while retaining the author's familiar sense of detachment ... Read more