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The Da Vinci Code
A murder in the Louvre. A code hidden in a painting. A secret that could shake the foundations of Christianity.
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Symbols and Secrets
Dan Brown's 2003 thriller follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who is called to the Louvre in the middle of the night when the museum's curator is found dead with a cryptic symbol carved into his skin. Teaming with French cryptologist Sophie Neveu, Langdon races through Paris, London, and Scotland deciphering clues hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's art that point to a suppressed truth about the Holy Grail and the origins of the Church.


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Reading The Da Vinci Code
4 Gripped
4 Clever
3 Paranoid
5 Mind-Bending
4 Disturbing
4 Satisfying

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The greatest story ever told is, in fact, the greatest story ever sold.


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The Da Vinci Code sold 80 million copies and became one of the bestselling novels of all time. It sparked a genuine tourism boom at every real location mentioned in the book.
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The Catholic Church formally condemned the book and several countries issued public refutations. The controversy only accelerated sales. The 2006 film starred Tom Hanks as Langdon.


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