![]() ![]() Unsurprisingly, the new blockbuster departs hardly at all from Brown’s tried-and-true formula. Here’s how The Da Vinci Code gauged the influence of a book of spiritual meditations published by the secretive Catholic sect Opus Dei: “With over four million copies of The Way in circulation,” Brown’s narrator asserts, “Opus Dei was a global force.” A global force, with a paltry 4 million copies? Code has sold 85 million, and The Lost Symbol moved a million in its first 24 hours! Such popularity staggers the imagination. Want Da Vinci Code board games, mugs or T-shirts? Just go online and start clicking! Our local Borders store currently features a gigantic Dan Brown altar, where the faithful line up to receive not only multiple trade and mass-market editions of all his novels, but oversized illustrated editions, books on tape, film companion volumes. The Lost Symbol is published by Doubledayĭan Brown ’86 isn’t a writer-he’s a publishing tsunami. ![]()
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