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Book: Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco (1988)

This is a brilliant book, once you understand it. I must confess, I found it heavy reading, but then I read it again, and then again, and slowly realized what a brilliant book it is. Foucault’s Pendulum is a book that delves into conspiracy theories, but the concept in the book is more about detailing [...]

Movie: Gunga Din (1939)

Rudyard Kipling has a famous poem by the name of Gunga Din, and although this movie cannot be called to represent the poem, it does have elements of the poem along with parts from another of his novels called ‘Soldiers Three’. The movie is cited as a classic, a tale of a man’s quest to [...]

Movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938)

It has happened many times that a movie was a box-office disaster when it was released, panned by critics, and having a negative effect on the careers of people involved; and then, over a period of time, the movie was re-evaluated and got more fame over a period of time. One of the movies that [...]

Book: The murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)

The concept of a narrator of a detective story has been prevalent for a long time. The most famous probably being the character of Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes who was the perfect foil to Sherlock Holmes. There are some expectations from the narrator of a good detective novel – the narrator can bring their [...]