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Pope Dan I: the author of The Da Vinci Code shepherds a new religion.(CULTURE WATCH II)

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THE Da Vinci Code, book and movie, gloats about bringing down the Christian Church. But what does the author, Dan Brown, dream of to fill its place?

The underlying code beneath The Da Vinci Code bursts to the surface from Chapter 55 on. If you didn't grasp it there, you will find it in Brown's extensive written testimony for his court case in London on charges of plagiarism. There he is forced to reveal how he came to each layer of his book's code, especially the "big idea" around which his story was constructed.

The son of a math professor at Phillips Exeter Academy, Brown has always loved cryptic codes and holiday treasure hunts, and learned from a ...

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