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Title: Should be titled "History of Fascist Italy in comics".
Review: I am a huge fan of Umberto Eco's Novels. I am a huge fan of his Essays. In this novel, he is using a potentially interesting plot to tie together the true intent of his novel, which is to showcase the history of fascist italy through popular culture. Anyone interested in the history will love this book. Sadly, when I buy a novel, I want a real novel.That said, although the first two thirds of the book really drag, once the narrator goes into a coma, things really start to pick up (odd, isn't it?). There is one great highlight--one of the characters makes a great argument about why god is a fascist. The rest of the novel is a painful purgatory of forced history lessons.My advice? Re-read Foucault's Pendulum instead.
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