Numero Zero

Numero Zero
First edition
AuthorUmberto Eco
Original titleNumero zero
TranslatorRichard Dixon
LanguageItalian
GenreMystery
PublisherBompiani
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Eng. trans. US)
Harvill Secker (Eng. trans UK)
Publication date
January 2015
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
3 November 2015
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages192 pp. (hardcover edition)
ISBN978-0544635081
OCLC903284650

Numero Zero (Italian: Numero zero, "Number zero") is the seventh novel by Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco and his final novel released during his lifetime.[1] It was first published in January 2015; the English translation by Richard Dixon appeared in November 2015. It is a satire of the tabloid press,[2] set in Italy in 1992.

  1. ^ Rachman, Tom (20 November 2015). "Umberto Eco's 'Numero Zero'". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. ^ Terry Eagleton, Times Literary Supplement, 4 December 2015