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A review by keithlafo
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco
3.0
This is an interesting novel in a number of ways. It's a scathing indictment of the media - mainly the print media here, but I have a feeling Eco was extending it to all mediums - both in terms of the main cover up in the narrative and the grungy and misleading articles the magazine discuss publishing.
However, as a novel, it's very anticlimactic. This is not pleasure reading in the normal sense of the term - the size of the book may be small (my hardcover copy amounted to a little under 200 pages) but the content is dense and can sometimes feel like a slog.
But, if anything, it's interesting because of Eco's great ear for literary dialogue.
However, as a novel, it's very anticlimactic. This is not pleasure reading in the normal sense of the term - the size of the book may be small (my hardcover copy amounted to a little under 200 pages) but the content is dense and can sometimes feel like a slog.
But, if anything, it's interesting because of Eco's great ear for literary dialogue.