Title: Shame on Doubleday
Product review: I just read in The New York Times Magazine for July 20 that this book has been successful "both commercially and critically" and was giving Doubleday "a terrific spring"; also, that Dan Brown "could become another brand name novelist". I must have read a different book. The "Code" I read was filled with interesting facts and allegations re the Catholic Church but the plotting was so weak it was embarrassing. In fact the plot was so poorly done, I couldn't help comparing it to the The Celestine Prophecy which is a truly awful book (much worse than "Code") that was a great commercial success. It is a sad commentary on the publishing industry that Doubleday decided that "Code" was the book they would make into a bestseller.Forget "Code" and buy anything by Alan Furst, a wonderful writer (see the July issue of Harpers).
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