The Name of the Rose

In chapter three of How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read, Bayard discusses the plot of another of the hundreds of books on my shelves that I haven’t read yet:
 
The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

Apparently the dénouement involves two characters discussing the dangerousness of a book, unhindered by the fact that neither of them have actually read it. (Although I’m sure it’s a lot more thrilling than I’ve just made it sound.)

I had been wary of Eco, not having understood much of Foucault’s Pendulum, but learning that the abbey in The Name of the Rose contains a labyrinthine library, and that a book lies at the heart of the mystery, makes it sound irresistable. So maybe I should read this one soon. I must think it over. Perhaps I’ll have to read other books first though…