In one novel by this author the title character encounters races of acephalous and monopodic figures, including Gavagai, on his search for Prester John. This author of a novel set during the Fourth Crusade wrote a novel revolving around Colonel Ardenti's manuscript. The author of Baudolino, he opens
In one novel by this author the title character encounters races of acephalous and monopodic figures, including Gavagai, on his search for Prester John. This author of a novel set during the Fourth Crusade wrote a novel revolving around Colonel Ardenti's manuscript. The author of Baudolino, he opens one novel with Casaubon hiding from a fictional conspiracy involving the Knights Templar. In another novel William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk investigate some murders in a monastery. For 10 points, name this Italian author of Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose. 
In one novel by this author the title character encounters races of acephalous and monopodic figures, including Gavagai, on his search for Prester John.
Umberto Eco 