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  • The World's Most Difficult Book To Read

    03/13/2002 8:01:30 AM PST · by scouse · 35 replies · 1,209+ views
    Lingua Franca ^ | Lev Grossman
    THE STRUGGLE TO DECIPHER THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT BOOK BY LEV GROSSMAN quot;And that is what you are going to tell the FBI?quot; Marcus Brody asked, as he and Indy passed through the double doors of the Museum of Antiquity. quot;That there was nothing to any of it? The Tomb of Hermes does not exist, Voynich is gibberish, and the philosopher's stone is simply a dream?quot; #150;Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone (1995) THE EMPLOYEES BEHIND THE blond-wood circulation desk at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library have heard it all before, so when I ask to see...