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The Da Vinci Pendulum
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- Karthik Narasimhan
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Talking about Foucault's Pendulum, there is a sense in which you did the Da Vinci Code before Dan Brown did. Of course, you did it as a myth that takes on a strange reality and he did it as it was historical truth.
I told Dan Brown's story. My characters are his. I gave the broad picture of this kind of literature.
Umberto Eco, in The Hindu. I don't know about you, but it seems to me that Mr. Eco is claiming he is Dan Brown's inspiration. Oh, well, Christmas is approaching and I guess people want to confess to their crimes. Good Lord, please spare Umberto. He is just a professor who writes books on Sundays.