A review by dr_oligo
Baudolino by Umberto Eco

5.0

It's over 20 years since I last read an Umberto Eco book (Foucault's Pendulum was the last one) and I wasn't in a rush to dive back in. However, Baudolino was a delightful book and a terrific character. The story was, as always for Eco, an excellent mix of strong plot plus detailed descriptions of a distant place. I found myself eager to pick up Baudolino and was sad when it was done. The irreverent use of religious artifacts was particularly amusing as a plot mechanism.