Pierre Bayard Misquotes Oscar Wildebr The New York Public Library - New York Public Librarybr Umberto Eco insists that he read Pierre Bayard's book, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read or at least skimmed it.In the July 26th edition of L'Espresso Eco writes, "The most intriguing part of this pamphlet, less paradoxical than may first appear, is that we forget a high percentage of the books we actually read, in fact, we conjure a virtual image of sorts, not so much of what the book said, but of what it made us think about"Bayard's seemingly paradoxical book makes the case for literary laziness.