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Is Foucault's Pendulum a difficult read?
Robert IMO, once you get through the first hundred pages or so, it gets easier. Once you get to the part about the two publishing houses. The final payoff of…moreIMO, once you get through the first hundred pages or so, it gets easier. Once you get to the part about the two publishing houses. The final payoff of the book is amazing. I found it a lot easier the second time, and the third time was really able to appreciate the amount of occult research Eco had done to write this book. Even if he clearly didn't believe a word of it :-)(less)
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Foucault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
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