My first chuck in this blog is ... (drum roll)... "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco!
I picked up this book on Don's recommendation. Either I read it in the wrong frame of mind or it's really unreadable. Truth be told, the gist of the story as told from the cover of the book does not seem that bad. But it is deceptive, and having attempted to read it more than once, I have eventually decided to concede defeat and consign it to the "condemned" list.
Come to think of it, it's been a while since I have been so ill-disposed to a book. But hey, there's always a first time, I reckon.
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Hey, I don't blame you. Eco is one of the more inaccessible authors around. It took me a while to actually enjoy his books, but then I started with 'The Name of the Rose', which was more of a who-done-it thriller genre, albeit set in medieval times with 2 monks (who was played by Sean Connery and Christian Slater by the way) as the main protagonists solving bizarre murders.
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