![]() ![]() He claims that a secret society has kidnapped Belbo, and has now set its sights on him. The book blurs the boundary between satire and reality as proponents of both sides are suddenly brought in contact with each other.Ĭasaubon, the narrator, hides in a technical museum in Paris after hours. ![]() As a result, Jacobo Belbo is targeted by a secret society that is convinced he has the key to the hidden treasure of the Knights Templar. Their project is complicated when they begin to learn that “real” conspiracy theorists are reading their publication and taking their conspiracies seriously. Titling their satirical project “The Plan,” the three writers grow more and more attached to their game, forgetting its satirical nature. It follows a trio of employees, Jacobo Belbo, Casaubon, and Diotallevi, working at a vanity press syndication who begin to invent conspiracies for personal pleasure after growing exasperated with serious conspiracy theories about the occult. Foucault’s Pendulum is a 1988 work of speculative fiction by Umberto Eco, an Italian philosopher. ![]()
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