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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious, in that uniquely Eco-ian way. You will never travel with a dead aquatic special the same way again.<br/><br/>NC]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brain candy, pure and simple. And good, too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Umberto Eco surprised me with his candor and regular-guy wit in the opening essay. He talks about the mini bar at hotels and how to keep this salmon he bought from going rancid on his way cross country. I found this to be hilarious. Some of the other essays in the book left me in the dust, specifica...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52315578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just re-read this book, which I first read maybe 10 years ago. I'm not sure why, but before re-reading it, I had it in my head that it was a really great book, and I gave it 4 stars from memory. Maybe because I was younger and less well-read when I first read it, so it made a bigger impression on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11582337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A number of short essays on some pretty interesting topics. I couldn't help but laugh out load a couple of times which may speak more to my inability to control myself than anything. Some of the essays I didn't complete because I didn't find them that interesting but for the most part this was a goo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40601962">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of short stories by Umberto Eco that includes some extremely funny, humorous stories, some thought-provoking stories, and several stories which were neither funny nor interesting. I did enjoy the variety of topics covered, and also admired Eco's wide ranging literary ability.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A genuine 'laugh-out-loud' book. I especially enjoyed his response to the question &quot;What a lot of books. Have you read them all?&quot; in the essay 'How to Justify a Private Library'. For those of you familiar with my library, that papers my house, you will appreciate his answer.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this book.It was so fun to read still had keen perspective for human society. My favorite part was somewhat about lecturing,I always thought about the story when I taught students.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first bit of Eco, which probably isn't the way to start him, but I can't be picky.  It's a collection of funny stories with a couple random pieces - the text in the middle takes the piss out of military and government talk by having reprstatives and leaders of intergalactic societies sending memo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12557209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;laugh out loud&quot; (from other reviews). Really??<br/><br/>I've read his novels and love them. This, however, was tremendously disappointing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read anything by Eco before but since one of my friends gave it 5 stars it is probably worth a look :)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mostly absurdist and wonderful bits. One of the few non-sci-fi I've gotten from Jamie.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[so far this book annoys me.<br/><br/>bought to commemorate my time in taipei, taiwan.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty impressive how the absurd can be mixed with culture and still be interesting and funny to read.<br/>I admit though that I read it in French (after all I am a French-speaker) and I was glad I did because I think it would have been a little hard in english *though I consider myself close to bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61286388">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Umberto Eco proves he's funny as well as smart.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Truth be told I have read this book before.  If you have read no Eco this is the prefect primer.  The stories and essays give you a nice glimpse into his writing and his humor.  Next time I’m in Bologna I have to remember to look him up.  One of my favorites is &quot;How to justify a private libra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11744054">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Someone else's book, so I only got through a few of the essays.  Very funny.  The first snort-out-loud line:  &quot;In business class the hostess pours the coffee directly into your lap, hastily apologizing in Esperanto.&quot;]]></body>
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