Inventing the Enemy

The final collection from the bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and one of the most influential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century-essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession.

"Underscores the writer's profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco's pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious." -Booklist

The essays in Inventing the Enemy cover a wide range of topics on which Eco wrote and lectured, including...