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Umberto Eco’s latest novel, ‘Numero Zero,’ will be released in the US on Nov. 3

March 09 2015 07:29 AM

CP32218306 — FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Italian writer Umberto Eco appears at a press conference at the 25th Annual Book Fair in Jerusalem. Eco’s “Numero Zero,” a best-seller in the novelist’s native Italy, will come out in the U.S. this fall. On Monday, March 9, 2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a Nov. 3 release date for Eco’s story of a ghostwriter in Milan caught up in an underworld of crime and conspiracy. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Original Publication Date: March 9, 2015 7:29AM

Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 8:28PM

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Umberto Eco’s “Numero Zero,” a bestseller in the novelist’s native Italy, will come out in the U.S. this fall.

On Monday, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a Nov. 3 release date for Eco’s story of a ghostwriter in Milan caught up in an underworld of crime and conspiracy. Eco is known for his complex plots, and his publisher said the latest will feature “corrupt newspapers,” ”imaginary histories” and the “cadaver of Mussolini’s double.”

The 83-year-old Eco attained worldwide fame decades ago with “The Name of the Rose.” His other books include “Foucault’s Pendulum” and “The Prague Cemetery.”

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