How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays (A... by Umberto Eco

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A collection of absurd and playful potshots by the author of The Name of the Rose includes essays on militarism, computerese, art, bureaucracy, health, airplane food, bad coffee, taxi drivers, fax machines, porno films, football fans, and other intriguing topics. 30,000 first... read more

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"According to the newspapers, there are two main problems besetting the modern world: the invasion of the computer, and the alarming expansion of the Third World."

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