A friend who know that I'm involved in a few book groups sent me this NYT article. Obviously, I'm smitten with the dissident member who quit because of the selection of the Da Vinci Code:
The last straw came when the group picked “The Da Vinci Code” and someone suggested the discussion would be enriched by delving into the author’s source material. “It was bad enough that they wanted to read ‘Da Vinci Code’ in the first place,” Ms. Bowie said, “but then they wanted to talk about it.” She quit shortly after, making up a polite excuse: “I told the organizer, ‘You’re reading fiction, and I’m reading history right now.’ ”
And this is interesting:
“It’s because there’s an ayatollah,” said Esther Bushell, a professional book-group facilitator who leads a dozen suburban New York groups and charges $250 to $300 a member annually for her services. “This person expects to choose all the books and to take over all the discussions. And when I come on board, the ayatollah is threatened and doesn’t say anything.” Like other facilitators, she is hired for the express purpose of bringing long-winded types in line.
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Whether it's fiction or not, it's an interesting read, like a Clancy novel with a heavy dose of Catholicism and Christianity. Many of the plot points are part of the Grail legend, as well as some Gnostic beliefs regarding Christ, Mary, and the early Disciples.
Dan Brown had to do a LOT of research to write the book, and I'm sure it brought him closer to his faith than removing him from it.
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