The protagonists of this novel delight in inventing departmental words such as "Tetrapyloctomy" and "Avunculogratulation.
The protagonists of this novel delight in inventing departmental words such as "Tetrapyloctomy" and "Avunculogratulation." One of the protagonists utters his favorite phrase, "Ma gavte la nata," before being hanged, while another attributes his death from cancer to "The Plan." The protagonists use a computer named Abulafia to draw links among occult theories and legends of the Knights Templars. From these links, Diotallevi, Belbo, and the narrator Causabon create a giant map to place beneath the titular object. For 10 points-- identify this novel by Umberto Eco.
The protagonists of this novel delight in inventing departmental words such as "Tetrapyloctomy" and "Avunculogratulation.
{Foucault’s Pendulum} or Il {Pendolo di Foucault}