Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, best known for his 1980s novel The Name of the Rose, dies aged 84 https://t.co/f9iypWwwXd
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 20, 2016
The author of Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose died today in his home. I must confess I've never read a word by Eco, but a friend of mine insists that Travels in Hyperreality is "fucking wild."
That brief review and the following Tweet are all the excuses I need to catch up:
If his @parisreview interview is to be trusted, Umberto Eco invented Dan Brown. #rip pic.twitter.com/GJ64d4pb5r
— Stephen Sparks (@rs_sparks) February 20, 2016
