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Tres intelectuales que trabajan en una editorial de Milan establecen contacto con autores interesados en las ciencias ocultas, las sociedades secretas y las conjuras cosmicas. En un primer momento dicha relacion se mantiene estrictamente profesional, pero poco a poco van estrechandose los lazos. Editores y autores inventan juntos, por puro juego, un complejo" plan," urdido supuestamente por los templarios siete siglos atras. Pero alguien toma demasiado en serio el juego, y todos ellos se veran inmersos en una inquietante pesadilla.

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Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. He received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Turin in 1954. His first book, Il Problema Estetico in San Tommaso, was an extension of his doctoral thesis on St. Thomas Aquinas and was published in 1956. His first novel, The Name of the Rose, was published in 1980 and won the Premio Strega and the Premio Anghiar awards in 1981. In 1986, it was adapted into a movie starring Sean Connery. His other works include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, Baudolino, The Prague Cemetery, and Numero Zero. He also wrote children's books and more than 20 nonfiction books including Serendipities: Language and Lunacy. He taught philosophy and then semiotics at the University of Bologna. He also wrote weekly columns on popular culture and politics for L'Espresso. He died from cancer on February 19, 2016 at the age of 84.

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