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PRAISE FOR TURNING BACK THE CLOCK A collection of charming, bite-size missives . . . Turning Back the Clock is among the season's sprightlier works of nonfiction. --The New York Observer PRAISE FOR UMBERTO ECO One of the most influential thinkers of our time. -- Los Angeles Times Eco combines scholarship with a love of paradox and a quirky, sometimes outrageous, sense of humor. -- The Atlantic Monthly

Clever, fluent pieces...a human, sophisticated and wise book Sunday Times Engaging, contrarian thesis...lively, ironic intelligence The Times Another collection of nimble, teasing, brilliant and infuriating little essays and essaylets Guardian Eco's greatest virtue might be said to lie in his ability to clarify the exact nature of our present perplexities. Eco is, on the whole, lucid, logical and always firmly on the side of civilisation TLS

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Umberto Eco (1932-2016) wrote fiction, literary criticism and philosophy. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was a major international bestseller. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Prague Cemetery and Numero Zero along with many brilliant collections of essays.

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