“I was sorely disappointed by this book. It began wonderfully well, I thought, even though it was clearly the sort of book that one would enjoy only if were were reasonably well read. But what began as an intellectual nod-and-wink deteriorated rapidly into a deplorable solipcism, as Eco spent page after page wallowing in long, excruciatingly detailed descriptions of his childhood reading material, at the cost of the novel itself, at the cost of developing what began as an intriguing...”

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