Book report: Inferno, by Dan Brown
Book report: Inferno, by Dan Brown I just finished reading Dan Brown’s latest novel, “Inferno.” Having previously read “The DaVinci Code,” “Angels and Demons,” and “The Lost Symbol,” I’m now prepared to formulate my Special and General Theory of Dan Brown Novels. Every Dan Brown novel since “Digital Fortress” contains the following elements: • Robert Langdon, the tall, handsome professor of art history and symbology at Harvard University. You definitely want Langdon on your team when you play Trivial Pursuit, because he knows everything about everything, which can be really handy. Whenever he speaks, it is with a smile of some kind. He is also a powerful swimmer, yet, although he’s near major bodies of water at least four times in this book, he never dives in. Also, he has probably taken a vow of celibacy, because he never ends up with the – • Beautiful, brilliant, and plucky woman who helps Langdon unravel the mystery. In “Inferno,” Brown has outdone himself in creating the e