Foucault's Pendulum is best read as a satire. I wasn't told that it sort of was before I read it and found it maddening. The moment I realised Umberto Eco was m

Foucault's Pendulum is best read as a satire. I wasn't told that it sort of was before I read it and found it maddening. The moment I realised Umberto Eco was mocking everybody who believed this stuff was important, it all made much more sense.