A few points in reply. First, of course, the problem is, as always, you cannot condense an entire novel into 7000 words and the publisher’s version is slightly different. The Door of Angels is not anti-Christian. In fact, Sophia is a Christian with deeply held beliefs. She is a complex and troubled individual, and characterisation is a vital aspect of the storyline. Although the catacombs are an essential part of the story, the historical facts are just as important. Dan Brown is a cross, born by the genre, but then, we do not say that all Whodunits are derived from Agatha Christie – every destructive love story ripped from D H Lawrence or every Sci-fi novel a clone of Isaac Asimov.
I suggest you read the reviews attached to the story and the Random House review on the message board. This will give you some idea of your lack of literary perception. Of course we do not all write with your conviction, or maybe we are not all as conceited – ‘I drink from the cup of creativity, I eat from the table of fables and epic parables’ – ‘beware my tales are gut-wretching, enthralling and cunningly visceral’. Crap and by the way, wretching is not a word – use retching or wrenching.
To Luka Mwango
15 Jan 2012, 23:15
