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Misreadings

by Umberto Eco, William Weaver

This collection of parodies satirises historical events and cultural phenomena, featuring a television news report of Columbus's landing in the New World and a structural analysis of the art of striptease.

Accession 5409 ISBN 9780224030694 Publisher Jonathan Cape
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