dialogue: Stefano: Hi, Josie!
  Josie: Ciao, Stefano!
  Stefano: So, what about Foucault's Pendulum? Do you like it?
  Josie: It's... weird. Was it really written by an Italian guy? It's so... nerdy.
  Stefano: Oh well, in a sense Eco was the king of nerds. And, you know, not all Italian books are about pizza, mafia and mandolino. :P
  Josie: Yes, I know... I should try and read one of his novels in the original, but I'm not sure my level of Italian is adequate.
  Stefano: The Name of the Rose is really difficult for a foreign speaker of Italian, you know.
  Josie: And what about Foucault's Pendulum?
  Stefano: Well, it's set in the 1980s, so the language is definitely more comprehensible. The content, however, is just as complicated as in the other novel.
  Josie: Btw, I read Salman Rushdie's review of Pendulum, published in the 80s.
  Stefano: Really? What did he say?
  Josie: He hated it and said that it's not a novel, but rather a computer game.
  Stefano: What? Rotfl!
  Josie: That's what Salman said...
  Stefano: Oh well, de gustipus non est disputandum...
  Josie: De gustiBus!
  Stefano: I know, it was a typo!
  Josie: Disgusting pus!
  Stefano: Hahaha.
  Josie: Yuk! That's so creepy.
  Stefano: You're the one who said it!
  Josie: I know. ;)
summary: Josie finds Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum" nerdy. Josie would like to read Eco in Italian, but she's unsure of her language abilities. Stefano considers Eco's two novels and finds them difficult. Josie has read an unfavorable review of "Foucault's Pendulum" by Salman Rushdie.