calmThe first review I've stumbled onto is from the lj syndicated arts and letters site. Here's their link http://thesmartset.com/article/article12161101.aspx
Author(s) Eco, Umberto.
Title(s) The Prague cemetery / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.
Other Title(s) Cimitero di Praga. English Edition 1st American ed.
Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Description viii, 444 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary
"19th-century Europe--from Turin to Prague to Paris--abounds with the
ghastly and the mysterious. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. In Italy,
republicans strangle priests with their own intestines. In France,
during the Paris Commune, people eat mice, plan bombings and rebellions
in the streets, and celebrate Black Masses. Every nation has its own
secret service, perpetrating conspiracies and even massacres. From the
Dreyfus Affair to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Jews are
blamed for everything. One man connects each of these threads into a
massive crazy-quilt conspiracy within conspiracies. Here, he confesses
all, thanks to Umberto Eco's ingenious imagination--a thrill-ride
through the underbelly of actual, world-shattering events."-- Provided
by publisher.
Subject(s) Antisemitism Fiction.
Conspiracies Fiction.
Political crimes and offenses Fiction.
Europe History 1789-1900 Fiction.
Genre/Format Historical fiction.
Suspense fiction.
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I'm on a waiting list for a copy through lapl. I think I'm number 63 on that list. Pretty lucky number, isn't it. I think with that, and the total number of pages (444), I should be expecting an available copy in the second week of April, on Friday.