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Title: Foucault's Pendulum "Lite"
Review: All in all, this has the feel of a wannabe. I really could not get over the kind of "dumbed down" feel of the stereotypical "Harvard professor" with his tweed schtick long enough to feel like I was reading something worthwhile. Having read Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum", this felt a little like the juvenile version, watered down with enough summer thriller plot cliches to appeal to the beach reader and fool them into feeling like a "serious reader".If you want a book that spoon feeds you a plot that shouldn't be too difficult to predict after 15 pages, this is the one for you. If you want the real read, pick up "Foucault's Pendulum" and commit to expanding your vocabulary and your attention span for more than is required of the 30-second commercial spot.
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