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June Book Club
Monday, June 14, 2004
7:00 PM
Location:
Silver Diner
3200 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201
Metro: Clarendon (Orange Line)
Phone: 703.812.8600
Silver Diner Website
Book for JUNE: The DaVinci Code
by Dan Brown
Brown's latest thriller (after Angels and Demons)is an exhaustively
researched page-turner about secret religious societies, ancient
coverups and savage vengeance. The action kicks off in modern-day
Paris with the murder of the Louvre's chief curator, whose body is
found laid out in symbolic repose at the foot of the Mona Lisa.
Seizing control of the case are Sophie Neveu, a lovely French police
cryptologist, and Harvard symbol expert Robert Langdon, reprising
his role from Brown's last book. The two find several puzzling codes
at the murder scene, all of which form a treasure map to the fabled
Holy Grail. As their search moves from France to England, Neveu and
Langdon are confounded by two mysterious groups-the legendary Priory
of Sion, a nearly 1,000-year-old secret society whose members have
included Botticelli and Isaac Newton, and the conservative Catholic
organization Opus Dei. Both have their own reasons for wanting to
ensure that the Grail isn't found. Brown sometimes ladles out too
much religious history at the expense of pacing, and Langdon is a
hero in desperate need of more chutzpah. Still, Brown has assembled
a whopper of a plot that will please both conspiracy buffs and
thriller addicts.
For more information, email bookclub@dchoos.org
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June Book Club
Monday
June 14, 2004
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