Im stephen sackur. My guest today is one of the biggest selling fiction writers of all time, dan brown. His 2003 novel, the da vinci code, sparked outrage in the vatican. And now, another epic tale. A quest for the origins of life. Is there still a public appetite for dan browns high fibre blockbusters . Dan brown, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Usually the phrase that always follows your name is bestselling author. But actually, in reviews of the latest novel youve written, 0rigin, one critic came up with a new sort of moniker or phrase for you, and that is a novelist of ideas. I like that. Does it appeal to you . I have heard many things, but ive never heard that. I like that one. I thought i have never heard that about dan brown before, but it is sort of what you are about. I love to write about the grey area between right and wrong, about big ethical questions like will god survive science, like i wrote about in 0rigin. It was a lot of fun to write about. Well, its one o
War. The teen who kidisappeared r nearly a week is safe home this morning. Only on cbs this morning, the girls parents open up about the familys emotional reunion. But we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tweet recording an ongoing criminal investigation at your own peril. Id be careful if i were you, mr. President. Hillary clinton lied to the fbi, Nothing Happened to her. Flynn lined and they destroyed his life. I think its a shame. The house of representatives returning a day early to reconcile differences between the house and Senate Tax Reform bill. Hoping to get a bill to the president s desk by christmas. This is something thats going to affect every american, every business, the whole economy, for decades. Cvs says it will buy the Insurance Company aetna. It would be the largest corporate deal of the year. The United States and south korea have begun their largest ever joint air force gridrill a tensions rise theres a grave danger to
Is day eight of the news live from berlin the u. S. President donald trump throws a spot into the Iran Nuclear Deal. That she will write i have with phone i am announcing today that we cannot and will not make this certification. About what he says is a new strategy for confronting teheran mr trump also announced sanctions against the countrys powerful revolutionary guard and called on allies to help him curb irans Ballistic Missile program as well well bring you reaction from tech crime and washington also on the program. Police in kenya shoot dead two protesters and tear gas dozens more of the standoff over the rerun of the president ial election escalates. Also the female superheroes fighting Child Marriage in the opiate creators of the to bad girls come from tibet was one of the hot topics at a time until. The blockbuster all of a behind the da vinci code on veils his latest novel of the Frankfurt Book Fair culture anderson will be here with the lowdown on don browns new thriller a
A Common Thread throughout his work his International Breakthrough came in two thousand and three. That event is about a cryptic message left behind in the louvre in paris that Robert Langdon is asked to decipher it all revolves around the artist Leonardo Da Vinci and the history of christianity the Catholic Church publicly criticize the book. Europe is dam browns favorite setting for his literary amalgamation of facts and conspiracy theories. Line is fascinate with europe because because im fascinated with europe and because i absolutely love it here in very very simple terms and very specific terms the history the art the architecture and and the connection with history is something that i dont feel in my own country. To date american Actor Tom Hanks has slipped into the role of the harvard professor three times director ron howard turned all three books into nail biting action thrillers. The film of browns inferno premiered last year he was involved in the production process and hel
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