A review by stefanv
Baudolino by Umberto Eco

3.0

Umberto Eco employs the same quirky historical facts (and rumours) as he did in The Name of the Rose and especially Foucault’s Pendulum. But Baudolino is written in simpler language than those other two novels, as befits the loveable scoundrel that is the title character. Apart from a section around two thirds in the book which is less engaging and drags too long, it is a hilarious and highly enjoyable novel.