{"product_id":"9780544811836","title":"Numero Zero","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNumero Zero\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Umberto Eco\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe worldwide bestselling novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/em\u003e ¶ #1 bestseller in Italy ¶\u003c\/strong\u003e 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce’s death remain controversial. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can’t resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media magnate. As Colonna gets to know the team, he learns of the editor’s paranoid theory that Mussolini’s corpse was a body double and part of a wider Fascist plot. It’s the scoop the newspaper desperately needs. The evidence? He’s working on it. It’s all there: media hoaxes, Mafiosi, the CIA, the Pentagon, blackmail, love, gossip, murder—and clash of forces that have shaped Italy since World War II, from Mussolini to Berlusconi, that will keep readers turning the pages as the novel’s thrilling plot unfolds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ePaperback Row  One of Vulture's \"7 Books You Need to Read this November\"  Included on the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Holiday Books Roundup\"  One of \u003cem\u003eBloomberg Business\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Eight Books for Your Holiday Reading\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of The Millions \"Most Anticipated\" from the Second Half of 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of the \u003cem\u003eSun Herald\u003c\/em\u003e's \"Ten noteworthy fiction and nonfiction titles on the way\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDecember 2015 Indie Next Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Witty and wry...slim in pages but plump in satire about modern Italy...it’s hard not to be charmed by the zest of the author.”—Tom Rachman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e   \"Frequently imitated for his amalgamation of intellect, conspiracism, and historical suspense, the author of \u003cem\u003eIn the Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e takes a more contemporary and satirical turn. In 1992, as Italy works to cleanse itself of corruption, a hack journalist is hired to ghostwrite a memoir about a never-to-be-published gossip rag in order to cover up the real rationale for its fakery. Eco’s warped parable is rooted in a very specific time and place, but readers of Elena Ferrante or Rachel Kushner will likely catch the barbs in his clever absurdities.\"—Vulture (\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e), \"7 Books You Need to Read this November\"   \"Colonna, the struggling ghostwriter at the heart of this story, is transfixed by a juicy scoop: that Mussolini was not killed by partisans in 1945, as most believe, but instead survived in hiding. This sly satire, borrowing from outrageous real-life Italian politics, features a larger-than-life leader, conspiracy theories and an almost-corrupt press.\"—\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Paperback Row   \"Numero Zero [is]...a smart puzzle and a delight.\"—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred   \"Eco combines his delight in suspense with astute political satire in this brainy, funny, neatly lacerating thriller…. Eco’s caustically clever, darkly hilarious, dagger-quick tale of lies, crimes, and collusions condemns the shameless corruption and greed undermining journalism and governments everywhere. A satisfyingly scathing indictment brightened by resolute love.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780544811836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41164368609486,"sku":"9780544811836","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780544811836.jpg?v=1651652079","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780544811836","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}