This novel opens in a museum, where Causabon watches members of the Tres society hang Belbo from the title object.
One character in this novel derides vain people by telling them to "take out the cork" and writes a document about how he fell in love with Marylena as she balanced on top of a bench. He introduces himself to the narrator of the story by dividing people into four types: "cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics." The narrator's girlfriend Amparo is upset when she is possessed at a terreiro de candomble (tuh-RARE-ee-oh duh can-duhm-BLEY) to which she is taken by Aglie, an elderly man posing as the (*) immortal Count de Saint Germain. This novel is divided into ten sections representing the ten Sephirot (SEFF-ee-rote) from Kabbalah (kuh-BAH-lah). While working at the Garamond publishing house, the main characters of this novel use a manuscript by Colonel Ardenti and a computer nicknamed Abulafia to develop "The Plan". This novel opens in a museum, where Causabon watches members of the Tres society hang Belbo from the title object. For 10 points, name this conspiracy-rich novel by Umberto Eco.
One character in this novel derides vain people by telling them to "take out the cork" and writes a document about how he fell in love with Marylena as she balanced on top of a bench.
Foucault's Pendulum [or Il pendolo de Foucault]