mass market paperback, 489 pages
English language
Published March 19, 2006 by Anchor Books.
An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.
As millions of readers around the globe have already discovered, The Da Vinci Code is a reading experience unlike any other. Simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent, and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail, Dan Brown's novel is a thrilling masterpiece—from its opening pages to its stunning conclusion. (back cover)
Great fun
Whether you have any belief in the central precepts of the story or not, it's a cracking good read. And it's an easy read too. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Absolutely the worst book I've read in a decade; the location of the Grail was obvious before the action had moved from the Louvre; the principal female protagonist is a French woman educated in Britain yet she speaks American English!
Dan Brown's incompetence is staggering. I was so embarressed to own a copy that I gave it away and I strongly resent ever having contributed to Brown's livelihood.
