content: island of the day before is a waste of time. I am a fan of umberto eco, first having read his fantasy novel baudolino and then getting to the name of the rose.i was hoping for at least a somewhat straightforward narrative, but this was like switching off between an adventure story without a climax every other chapter, alternated between chapters out of a philosophy textbook.I am ok with tangents and rhetorical flights of fancy, but not within the context of a boring and meaningless story.skip this and read name of the rose.Josh Brownhttp://thereformedbroker.com