Because I couldn’t keep the suspense any longer, I included The Name of the Rose in my 2017 Top 20 Books To Read.

Not one for taking further chances, I immediately purchased the book. But just when I was about to give up on my search for Eco’s elusive book, I finally saw a copy on an online seller. Numerous tries of scavenging on different bookstores ended up in futility. As a result, I made a resolution to avail a copy of the book. The book’s inclusion in the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die further piqued my curiosity. Apparently he is a well-established and world renowned author. I wasn’t familiar with the author, Umberto Eco, as well. Although I was curious about the title, I barely had any iota on what the book is about. The Name of the Rose is a book I keep on encountering on list challenges. William’s innate curiosity and highly developed powers of logic and deduction provide the keys to unraveling the abbey’s mysteries.” (Source: Wikipedia) The protagonists explore a labyrinthine medieval library, discuss the subversive power of laughter, and come face to face with the Inquisition, a reaction to the Waldensians, a heresy which started in the 12th century and claimed to advocate an adherence to the Gospel as taught by Jesus and his disciples. William is tasked by the monastery’s abbot to investigate the deaths, and fresh clues with each murder victim lead William to dead ends and new clues. As the story unfolds, several other monks die under mysterious circumstances. Upon their coming, the monastery is disturbed by a suicide.

“Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk, a Benedictine novice travelling under his protection, arrive at a Benedictine monastery in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation.

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