"I find this book fascinating, perhaps the best Eco has written in years." --"Huffington Post" "A well-executed thriller . . . provocative and suspenseful." --"USA Today""[Eco's] latest takes that longtime thriller darling, the conspiracy theory, and turns it into something grander...Sold to 40 countries and said to be controversial; a speed-read with smarts." --"Library Journal", "My Picks"
"A whirlwind tour of conspiracy and political intrigue...this dark tale is delightfully embellished with sophisticated and playful commentary on, among other things, Freud, metafiction, and the challenges of historiography." --"Booklist"
"Intriguing, hilarious....a tale by a master." --"Publishers Weekly" boxed review
"He's got a humdinger in this new high-level whodunit...a perplexing, multilayered, attention-holding mystery." --"Kirkus", starred