Review of The Name of the Rose (1986) by Pat Graham for Chicago Reader — 30 May 1998
You want misery? he gives you misery—dark, drear, suppurating medieval oppressiveness; monotony? he gives you that too, lots and lots of monotony; subhuman grotesquerie and primitive superstition? not to worry: this guy didn't direct Quest for Fire for nothing.
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This review of The Name of the Rose (1986) was written by Pat Graham and published by Chicago Reader on 30 May 1998.
The Name of the Rose has generally received positive reviews.
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