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| Publisher | Vintage |
| ISBN 13 | 9781784701826 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784701823 |
| Author | Umberto Eco |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duces death remain shrouded in confusion and controversy.1992, Milan. Colonna takes a job at a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate. There he learns the paranoid theories of Braggadocio, who is convinced that Mussolinis corpse was a body-double and part of a wider Fascist plot.Colonna is sceptical. But when a body is found, stabbed to death in a back alley, and the paper is shut down, even he is jolted out of his complacency. Fuelled by conspiracy theories, Mafiosi, love, corruption and murder, Numero Zero reverberates with the clash of forces that have shaped Italy since the Second World War. This gripping novel from the author of The Name of the Rose is told with all the power of a master storyteller. |
| About the Author | Umberto Eco (19322016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.Richard Dixon lives and works in Italy. His translations include Umberto Ecos The Prague Cemetery and Inventing the Enemy, and Roberto Calassos Ardor and The Art of the Publisher. He was one of the translators of Giacomo Leopardis Zibaldone. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 42572 |
| Number of Pages | 272 |
Numero Zero Paperback English by Umberto Eco - 42572
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