[Sca-cooks] Name of the Rose

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Yup, but don't bother to read 'Foucalt's Pendulum', though - it's the
longest shaggy dog story in the world.

    Sieggy

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>
> >I believe Maire is referring tot he movie starring Sean Connery and
> >Christian Slater based on a book of the same name be Umberto Eco.  It is
> >basically a murder mystery set in medieval (umm I *think* 12th Century)
> >Europe.  There are lots of wonderful subtexts regarding the way
monasteries
> >were run, religious attitudes of the time etc.
>
> I feel the book is much more than a murder mystery.  the subtext goes very
> deeply into philosophy, theology, the history of religion, and the
> religious attitudes etc.  Ecco tends to write "heavy".  Pretty awesome
> writer though. :-)
>
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach
> Rokkehealden Shire
> Kingdom of the Middle
> aka
> Nicolas Steenhout
> "You must deal with me as I think of myself" J. Hockenberry
>
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