The Lost Symbol
Bookpage Interviews and Reviews
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Titillating clues ease the wait for ‘The Lost Symbol’
The website of The Lost Symbol offers this teaser: “9.15.09: All Will Be Revealed.” Until that date, we can only rely on the publisher to keep us informed with hints about Dan Br
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Dan Brown delivers with 'Lost Symbol'
Given the volcanic sales of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, it’s understandable that he’s chosen to retread many of that book’s co
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Fall fiction heats up as the temperatures drop
While the end of summer marks the conclusion of the beach-reading season, publishers are saving some of the year’s biggest books for the cooler months.
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Reader Reviews
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, WHY SCREW WITH IT?How do you write a follow-up to a novel that has sold more copies than Wilt Chamberlain has had sex partners?
Let's see:
Replace the Catholic church with the Freemasons. Check!
Replace DaVinci's painting "The Last Supper" with the architecture of Washington, DC. Check!
Keep Robert Langdon. Check!
Replace Silas (from The Da Vinci Code), who practiced corporal mortification, with Mal'akh, a tattooed, self-castrated and brilliant villain who is in search of an ancient source of power.Check!
Toss in another brilliant (and gorgeous, of course)female character named Dr. Katherine Solomon. Check!
Make sure the characters get to visit most of the major buildings in DC. Check!
5 million copies for a first run printing. Check!
Start thinking about the next project ... hmmm, the Boy Scouts have some shady things in their past, don't they? Check!