From the celebrated author of The Name of the Rose, here is a dazzling compendium of advice offering the correct answers to these and many other important questions.
'Between a bottle of Epsom salts or one of twenty-year-old cognac, which would you choose?
Would you rather spend your vacation with an eighty-year old leper or with Demi Moore?
Do you prefer being sprinkled with ferocious red ants or sharing a sleeping compartment with Claudia Schiffer?'
From the celebrated author of The Name of the Rose, here is a dazzling compendium of advice offering the correct answers to these and many other important questions.
Tackling topics as diverse as the coffee pot from hell, eating on an aeroplane, how not to use a cellular phone and recognising porn movies, Umberto Eco guides us with all his customary wit and brilliance through the complexities of the modern world.
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Umberto Eco Imprint: Minerva Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 130mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 172g ISBN:9780099428633 ISBN 10: 0099428636 Pages: 228 Publication Date:06 April 2001 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
