Author: Dan Brown
Translator: Sung-young Hong
Publisher: Munhaksuchop
2-volume set | 225*152mm
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About This Book
It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret
brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a
papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad
scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel
15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist,
and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make
that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital
Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a
no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a
thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto
Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the
legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of
Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind
faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant
physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and
the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final
discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source
known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath
Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and
Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt
through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a
400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the
incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls
in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong
into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might
wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less
bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and
science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers
should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a
heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty.
--Kelly Flynn
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