{"product_id":"numero-zero-isbn-9780544811836","title":"Numero Zero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Eco combines his delight in suspense with astute political satire in this brainy, funny, neatly lacerating thriller.” —\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1945, Lake Como.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce’s death remain controversial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1992, Milan.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's all there: media hoaxes, Mafiosi, the CIA, the Pentagon, blackmail, love, gossip, and murder. A clash of forces that have shaped Italy since World War II—from Mussolini to Berlusconi. \u003cem\u003eNumero Zero \u003c\/em\u003eis the work of a master storyteller. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Although \u003cem\u003eNumero Zero \u003c\/em\u003etakes place in 1992, Eco may as well be describing our current journalistic landscape of hot takes and click bait.” —\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Readers of Elena Ferrante or Rachel Kushner will likely catch the barbs in [Eco’s] clever absurdities.” —\u003cem\u003eVulture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890081919205,"sku":"NP9780544811836","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544811836.jpg?v=1730232506","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/numero-zero-isbn-9780544811836","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}