Friday, December 15, 2006

The Path to the Literary Heights

It seems Dan Brown is a man of many talents. (Or perhaps "person" is the more appropriate noun in this instance.) Not only is he the J. Gordon Coogler of the ecclesiastical novel, but apparently he began his career as a staple in the self-help section of your local Barnes & Noble. The 11 November 2006 number of The Spectator reveals that the Dan Brown of Da Vinci Code fame is also the Danielle Brown who in 1995 gave the world 187 Men to Avoid, a "survival guide for the romantically frustrated woman." In case you were wondering, The Spectator lists some of the men Ms/Mr Brown advises avoiding including "men who don't separate their white and coloured laundry. . .men who work at carnivals. . . .men who read their horoscope. . .men who own hamsters. . ." There are more. Oddly, it doesn't mention albino monks. No doubt that revelation came later.

Good old Ms/Mr Brown. Still going about doing good after all these years.

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