Dan Brown's Inferno: the critics sharpen their quills
The Da Vinci Code author's latest offering has given less-than-impressed reviewers a field day. So what have they singled out for ridicule?Fans have been queuing to get their hands on Inferno, the...
View ArticleNo one expects the austerity inquisition
With torturer-in-chief Osborne absent, Sir Peter Tapsell used Treasury questions to invoke the archbishop of ToledoDavid Cameron won't be around for prime minister's questions on Wednesday, which means...
View ArticleDan Brown still can't write, but he deserves some respect | Alan Yuhas
His books make a mess of 'fact', but the bestselling author knows he should get readers interested in bigger themesNovelist Dan Brown's success merits some investigation. His work has been panned,...
View ArticleInferno by Dan Brown review
Infernal prose flows again from the bat-thronged belfry of Dan Brown's demented brainI used to think that Dan Brown was merely bad. Now, after reading the latest version of the apocalyptic thriller he...
View ArticleInferno by Dan Brown digested read
John Crace reduces the bestselling novelist's new historical-conspiracy potboiler to a more manageable 600 words/High above the city upon which the giants once roamed ... Giotto, Michelangelo,...
View ArticleDan Brown's Inferno heats up book sales
Latest from Da Vinci Code author shifts a quarter of a million paper copies in first week on saleDan Brown's new novel Inferno has soared to the top of the UK's book charts in its first week in shops,...
View ArticleDan Brown talks about Inferno - video
Ahead of his appearance at London's Freemasons' Hall, the multimillion-selling author explains how much to believe in his books, and how Dante's 'rings of hell' inspired his new novel. He also reveals...
View ArticleManila less than thrilled at Dan Brown's Inferno
City chairman lodges protest with author over his description of Philippines capital as 'the gates of hell' in latest novelHe is better known for infuriating reviewers with his clunky pseudo-science...
View ArticleBook reviews roundup: Edmund Burke, Inferno and Five Days in May
What the critics thought of Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman, Inferno by Dan Brown and Five Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew AdonisJesse Norman's Edmund...
View ArticleJosé Rodrigues dos Santos: Can Agatha Christie be political?
Hercule Poirot may not be a highbrow hero, but he still has plenty to teach us about life. Portuguese author José Rodrigues dos Santos on why all literature packs a political punchAgatha Christie's The...
View ArticleMichael Baigent obituary
Co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail who lost a fortune suing Dan Brown's publishers for plagiarismIn the flourishing publishing market of "religious mystery" books thrive some authors driven...
View ArticleDan Brown, diets and Swedish fiction: what we've read so far in 2013
Official sales figures of digital and print books for the first half of the year show a preoccupation with diets and thrillersThe nation's reading in the first half of the year has been dominated by...
View ArticleLondon gigs are rubbish
Flying piss, cross-armed crowds and silly fads gigs in the capital aren't much fun. The best music experiences lie outside the M25A wet Sunday night in Bath and the local mod brigade is out in force....
View ArticleErotic fiction tops first ebook bestseller chart
Sylvia Day pushes JK Rowling and Dan Brown out of the way in first ever ranking of digital salesShe reigns supreme in the world of paper, with The Cuckoo's Calling topping hardback sales and The Casual...
View ArticleBonfire Night: How much do you know about conspiracy literature? quiz
Remember, remember? The Fifth of November marks 408 years since the Gunpowder Plot nearly blew the lid off Parliament. Celebrate by testing your knowledge of the literature of conspiracy Continue...
View ArticleOut of the Daimler, into the puddle | Simon Hoggart's week
The minor royals are in the drizzle with the rest of us. Is the bicycling monarchy finally arriving? The other day I was walking up Wilton Road, near Victoria station in London. It's not the nicest...
View ArticleDan Brown-trumping French bestseller due in English next year
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, which topped book charts across Europe, set for English publication in 2014A literary thriller that has sold almost a million copies in France and has knocked...
View ArticleThe Illuminati: the secret society pulling the strings of every major...
You only have to look at that hand thing Jay Z does, or Lindsay Lohan's tattoos, or the Guardian's articles on quinoa to know that everyone is part of the great conspiracyName: The Illuminati.Age:...
View ArticleTom Hanks and Ron Howard reunite for third Dan Brown movie
Inferno will follow 2006s The Da Vinci Code and 2009s Angels & Demons, with Hanks reprising role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and Howard back behind the cameraStar Tom Hanks and director...
View ArticleWorld's richest authors list joined by Veronica Roth, Gillian Flynn and John...
Three new names added to highest earners' ranking, topped as ever by runaway bestseller James PattersonNovelist Veronica Roth, just 26 years old, earned $17m (£10.5m) last year thanks to her dystopian...
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