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The Va Dinci Cod - Adam Roberts

 
Description: ISBN 0575077719 / Genre: Humour / Author: Adam Roberts / Edition: New edition / Paperback / 192 Pages / Book is published 2006-05-11 by ... more
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Newest Review: ... you in at this time. That mysterious message.' 'It may,' said Robert, 'be an anagram.' Sadly, for me, this was probably ... more

 ... the funniest line of the book and I'd only had to read the back cover to get it. Plot summary: Jacques Sauna-Lurker, the curator of the National Gallery of London, is found dead on the floor with a cod stuffed down his throat. Sophie Nudivue of the French Special Branch, and Robert Donglon the anagramatologist, must race to uncover the clues that could lead them to the truth of the Holy Grail. The book starts well with a pre-amble explaining that the book is a work of fiction in a similar way to Dan Brown claiming his...more

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Premium Review The Va Dinci Cod - Adam Roberts: Slapped round the face with a wet cod! (687 words)
by - written on 09/02/09 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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Adam Roberts is writing under the pseudonym of A.R.R.R Roberts and under the pen name of Don Brine (already a nod to Dan Brown!). Adam is a novelist, critic and academic. I have read a stream of bad books lately and mainly checked this out of the library as it looked to be a humorous and short read. The book is a parody of 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown and full of in-jokes so be prepared to be baffled if you have not read the original! I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' and was tittering away reading the plot summary of 'The Va Dinci Cod' which included the line: ''In his own blood, the dying man had written a single sentence in splashy, red ...  Read the complete review

 

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