Umberto Eco Is Dead

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 in