The explanation for this week's book purchases is simple. Laziness! The Magrudy's corner in the Spinneys supermarket across the street has a quite limited range of titles and it is not quickly stocked with the latest releases.
I have not read either John Grisham or Dan Brown for ages.
What was my last Grisham? Given that it must have been over ten years ago that I read one of his courtroom dramas I cannot possibly remember. The Broker was less lawyered up and had an intriguing eponymous protagonist. It had a slightly naff ending but it was good for two reading sessions.
Now... Dan Brown... I read Digital Fortress, Deception Point and Angels and Demons when they first appeared. I found them great fun and as soon as The DaVinci Code came out I was one of the earliest buyers. At the time this was my favourite read of that season, mainly due to the story's harking back to Holy Blood, Holy Grail which I have read and re-read several times since it came out in the early eighties.
And then, of course, The DaVinci Code exploded to become a publishing phenomenon and the movie (which I may one day watch) followed.
I suppose it was due to some kind of inverted snobbery which caused me to refrain from buying The Lost Symbol when it was first published. But now I have started it and it is... happily... thick enough to suffice for several sessions as my weekend read.
About a hundred pages in my provisional verdict... skilfully written twaddle, but compulsive reading.
Good heavens! Grisham and Brown... Can Tom Clancy be far behind?.
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