Numero Zero
Numero Zero is a 2013 alternate history and ghost story novel by Umberto Eco. The story is set in Italy and Milan, in the 20th century. It features Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). It deals with Modern Civilization, social satire, political satire and Italian Social satire.
17 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 21 editions across 7 languages.
It runs to roughly 218 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Numero Zero
"A novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder."-- 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain controversial. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't resist to ghostwrite a book. His subject: a fledgling newspaper, which happens to be financed by a powerful media magnate. As Colonna gets to know the team, he learns of the editor's paranoid theory that Mussolini's corpse was a body double and part of a wider Fascist plot. It's the scoop the newspaper desperately needs, The evidence? He's working on it. It's all here: media hoaxes, Mafiosi, the CIA, the Pentagon, blackmail, love, gossip, and murder. A clash of forces that have shaped Italy since World War II--from Mussolini to Berlusconi. --From book jacket.
Quick answers
Who wrote Numero Zero?
Numero Zero was written by Umberto Eco and first published in 2013.
What genre is Numero Zero?
It is usually shelved as Alternate History and Ghost Stories.
How long is Numero Zero?
The median edition has 218 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Numero Zero?
Readers who like it often enjoy Life After Life, Settling Accounts and Making History.
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