Worlds Poshest Book Debate

Sorry, couldn't help but pick up on the debate further down...

I have to nominate "The Pendulum" by Umberto Eco.

Has anyone read it?

It was on my list when I did my degree, 10 people in my group, I don't think any of us managed it, I don't think I got much further than page 30-40.

A friend of mine got through to about page 200, then came across a card from the publisher which said "Congratulations On Getting This Far!"-but he didn't last very much longer.

If anyone has read it, I congratulate them!

Posted By: Martin Peters on July 8th 2005 at 16:11:35

Message Thread

Worlds Poshest Book Debate (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Jul 8, 16:11:35
- Focault's Pendulum, surely? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 8, 16:25:50
- this one's pretty pretentious (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 16:20:54
  - Lipogram. (General Chat) - BeverlyHills0201, Jul 8, 16:26:48
  - No E's. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 8, 16:23:12
  - It's a story of over 50,000 words without using the letter 'e'. At a guess (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 8, 16:23:03
    - well done (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 16:24:21
      - Nah, just went back one page on your link ya tit! (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 8, 16:24:47
- Surely the worlds poshest book is (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 8, 16:18:49
- ulysses (General Chat) - Brendon Fearon, Jul 8, 16:18:40
  - interesting syntax (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 16:22:03
    - the ending is widely misquoted (General Chat) - Brendon Fearon, Jul 8, 16:32:01
- here (General Chat) - Wotb Big Boy, Jul 8, 16:15:24
  - LOL-Nice One! (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Jul 8, 16:18:42
  - Excellent (General Chat) - cean doney, Jul 8, 16:16:39
- haven't even tried to open it (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 16:14:04
- World's Poshest Book Debate II (General Chat) - trumpton riots, Jul 8, 16:13:40
  - Metamorphosis was good (General Chat) - John in Texas, Jul 8, 16:41:40
    - Hear, here. nm (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 8, 16:46:40
  - The Trial is an excellent book nm (General Chat) - CB41, Jul 8, 16:22:30

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.