One of my favorite authors - Umberto Eco - just died. He's kind of a hard author to read because he's smarter than you and his writing shows it. But once you get used to his style his stories are excellent. You probably are familiar with his best known work, "The Name of the Rose".
Damn bad day for authors.
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PatrThom
I've only seen the movie, not read the book.
I do have a copy of "Foucault's Pendulum" gathering dust on my shelf for Someday.