"Foucault's Pendulum" author (3)
I believe the answer is:
eco
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">foucault's pendulum author</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eco that I've seen before include "Umberto - - , novelist" , "Green prefix" , "Umberto -, Italian author (The Name of the Rose)" , "Umberto --, Italian writer" , "Environmental group" .)