A settembre il nuovo libro di Dan Brown sulla massoneria

Dan Brown to publish long-awaited new novel, The Lost Symbol

(Chris Harris/The Times)

Dan Brown, who said that writing his latest novel had been "a strange and wonderful journey"
Ben Hoyle, Arts Correspondent
Literary stylists and Christian groups can prepare to have their protests drowned out in a stampede to bookshops: Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, has finally written a new book.
The Lost Symbol, Brown's first new book since The Da Vinci Code burston to an unsuspecting world five years ago, was announced at the London International Book Fair today.
It is scheduled for publication on September 15, when it will inevitably sparking the sort of hysterical scenes last witnessed with the publication of the seventh and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in 2007.
The Lost Symbol will have a global English-language print run of 6.5 million copies, and it will once again feature Brown’s protagonist, the Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon.
Sonny Mehta, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, said: “This is a great day for readers and booksellers. The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown’s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book.
"This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait.”
The plot of the book is a fiercely guarded secret but Jason Kaufman, Brown's US editor, said that the entire story unfolded over a 12-hour period.
"From the first page, Dan’s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. The Lost Symbol is full of surprises."
Brown said: “This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey. Weaving five years of research into the story’s 12-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine.”
Booksellers immediately declared that it would be the year’s bestselling novel.
Waterstone’s launched a pre-order campaign in stores and online this afternoon and Toby Bourne, Waterstone’s head of fiction predicted that it would be “2009’s biggest book”.
“We have been hearing rumours about this for years, and customers constantly ask our booksellers when the new Dan Brown is out. It’s incredibly exciting that we now have an answer.”
The Da Vinci Code’s UK paperback edition (published in March 2004) spent more than two years (120 weeks) in the Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers list with 68 weeks at No1 and is the UK’s bestselling paperback novel of all time. The novel has been translated into 51 languages.
The film of The Da Vinci Code was a No 1 box office smash when it was released by Columbia Pictures in May 2006, with Ron Howard directing and Tom Hanks starring as Robert Langdon. Box office receipts were $758 million.
The same team will release Angels & Demons on May 15.
After the publication of The Da Vinci Code, Brown’s earlier novels Angels & Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress have all gone on to become multimillion international bestsellers, and rank as the UK’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th bestselling adult paperback novels of all time.