Brown Magic

If magic is what an author needs to weave, then Dan Brown is certainly master at it. My words of praise for him would look like an oft-repeated ovation, but here I write with all my gratitute to him for the boundless joy he has given to me till now while reading his novels.

I am a literature aficionado, per se. But there have hardly been times when I have liked an author's works so much . Though my personal favourite remains Frederick Forsyth, Dan Brown's novels have much more appeal to them, for their easily identifiable themes.The first novel I read of Dan's was Da Vinci Code, and what an experience it was! I read it continously throughout the night, getting immersed in its backdrop. I hadn't had nor have such sort of excitement till now. The puritans might scoff at the scholastic simplicity of the work, but it doesn't lessen its captivating power. The research put in it was great and it showed in the facts enlisted by him in the novel.

Angels and Demons too was great, though it moved more on a cinematic path in the end. The other two novels, The Deception Point and Digital Fortress received much less attention but they too could compare with the very best. While it was just fascinating to read about NASA and its drama in the former, it was equally riveting to pass through the maze created by the Computers and Cryptographical Algorithms in the latter. I wait with bated breath his next work, The Solomon Key, which too would hopefully be a great rollercoaster ride.

Summing it up with the feelings of a normal reader, it is not in the literary grandeur that the greatness of a novel lies. It is in the impact that it creates on the reader. I still feel those twitches inside me while remembering those moments in his novels. Sheer moments of joy and I put a toast to this masterful storyteller for giving me those.