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Funny you mention Ken Follett. He made an effort to be melodramatic, to turn up the 'contrast knob' in his vision of a brutal age. I thought the sex and violence were reasonably well done there. Sometimes an author really does just want to shock you.
But to recommend Eco (although the OP did read him)? While I could not put down Focoult's Pendulum myself it was not a light read. He is Dan Brown's antimatter self. Too much prose contrast beyond the superficial secret society similarity to expect a Dan Brown reader to enjoy Eco. However, I admit to the sin of vice-versa (heh, vice that is).
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