Novel by Umberto Eco published 1988. Three editors invent a grand conspiracy linking the Knights Templar to all secret societies, only to discover their game is taken seriously and turns lethal. A satirical yet encyclopedic treatment of occultism, Kabbalah, and the paranoid imagination.
Demonstrated how occult thinking functions as a semiotic system — the tendency to find hidden connections everywhere. Stands as the definitive literary meditation on conspiracism and esoteric culture.
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