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Review title: The novelist as charismatic show off
Product review: Man, Umberto Eco really, REALLY knows a lot about the middle ages. And what a charming, horrifying, messy age it was. This book feels almost pressurized by the amount of erudition in it. He loves weaving together all of these layers of puzzles, labyrinths, and religious hallucinations into the mix, which both reinforce and distract from the main murder-mystery set up in a thoroughly delightful way. Kind of like with Borges and Cervantes, books and bookishness seem more like the raw substance that Eco works with rather than merely a subject or style he uses. I had trouble keeping the court intrigues of the various heretical factions straight in my head, but I was so engaged that I wasn't too bothered by it. I for one think the world would be a much cooler place if there were monks trained in classical logic who roamed around the country side, solving crimes and being witty
