A review by jfaberrit
Numero Zero by Umberto Eco

3.0

This novel(la?) is almost certainly better than its most negative reviews would indicate, but far from Eco's best; I still would have to place Foucault's Pendulum as my favorite novel of all time and one of the ten best. This story, a tale of journalism, conspiracies, and paranoia, is written perfectly well, and has more than a bit of humor throughout, but it simply pales in comparison to Eco's best work. In many ways, it feels like a deleted scene from Foucault's Pendulum, more of a curiosity left behind by a greater work than a fully fledged one in itself. In the end, not great, but not a huge investment of time either, so call it a wash.