and if people decide to believe the story in the da vinci code, great.hriller and crazy talk, that's great. it is intended to get people thinking about why they believe, what they believe. and the idea are fa ke what they believe. and the idea are fake news now is absolutely germane to the conversation. how do you know what is true and what is false? but do you or do you not believe there is truth and falsehood and we human beings have a duty to differentiate between the two? we do have a duty, as historians, as creative novelist, i think we have the duty to get people to go and ask questions and find their own sources. see, it will be back to the latest work, to 0rigin, but it is —— at its heart is a figure which is perhaps an allergist to some of the great or is about time, elon musk, jeff bezos, whatever, kirch, and he believes he has, he has unlocked the secret to how life began. it is the essence of what we are. and in the end, if i'm reading the book correctly, your conclusion seems to be that the is a truly scientific explanation for life. it's ou

his 2003 novel the da vinci code sparked outrage in the vatican, he's just published another epic tale time about man's quest for the origins of life. is there still a public appetite for dan brown's high—fibre blockbusters? dan brown, welcome to hardtalk. usually the phrase which follows your name is "best author" but in reviews of your latest novel, origin, the new phrase for you, and novelist of ideas. i like that. i have heard many things, but i like that. i would did it and thought i had not heard about it but it is sort of what you are about. i love to write about the grey area between right and wrong, big ethical questions, will god survive science is what i tackled in origin. in some ways it would seem hard to package that into a genre that maybe you don't like this word but people would regard as thriller. i love the word. i write books i want to read. thrillers are fun to read but i also like to learn so what i try to do and it's an intentional thing is create a book which is fun to read but that you also learn something along the way. what's more important. they go hand—in—h

the da vinci code 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 brown's favorite setting for his literary amalgamation of facts and conspiracy theories. line is fascinated with europe because because i'm 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 don't feel in my own country. today to 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 brown's inferno premiered last year he was involved in the production process and helped crime nearly seven hundred pages into two hours of entertainment . i love tom hanks i wrote books long before i was lucky enough to have mr hanks play robert lang so i have i've always

in two thousand and three has novel the da vinci code turned down brown into a household name the story revolves around hidden messages and coded and leonardo da vinci's paintings langdon finally solves the puzzle and reveals the jesus christ was married and even had a child. brown's novels are set in europe for good reason lang is fascinated with europe because because i'm fascinated with europe and because i absolutely love it here in very very simple terms and very specific terms the history of the art the architecture and and the connection with history is something that i don't feel in my own country dan brown's arjen as not just one of the highlights at the frankfurt book fair it's without doubt one of the most eagerly anticipated books of the year. so where does down brown's fascination with codes and religion come from what is undoubtedly from his youth his mother was a church organist and he was brought up in the episcopal in church which is a kind of liberal form of christianity i think and his father now his father was a mass professor at a university in new hampshire near wh

successful rightists with more than two hundred million books sold his breakthrough came with the da vinci code in two thousand and three now his new novel original has been released with another outing for his protagonist robert lang for the first time the harvard professor has to crack a coat this time in spain. dan brown is back with a vengeance the american author just presented his latest novel at the frankfurt book family origin was published last week in the original english and in fifty five other languages in many countries it straight on to the bestseller list dan brown remains true to his tried and tested recipe for success a thrilling chase across europe filled with unexpected surprises. the wonderful thing about twists and novels the simpler they are the better they are my goal and some people may have figured it out but my goal is that people read and read and read and read trying to figure out what happened when they figure out what happened they just sort of go like that it was right in front of me the simpler the better. origin starts at the guggenheim museum in our it is the f

make of the president chuckle worthy making his vice president look like a character out of the da vinci code of shows where he hit all the right notes in the campaign, evangelical supporters. >> you think he is devoted to the social issues? you think he is anti-gay rights? >> deep down. >> you think he is anti-abortion rights? >> married a new yorker who appeared in "playboy" once. and he called himself very, very pro-choice in 1999. so of course there are questions about how commit head is to these things. mike pence on the other hand certainly is. he oozes that. he has had a record for it. he has a -- >> you don't think he had a road to damascus conversion on the issues do, you? >> well, we don't know. he has never talked about that. in his interview. >> tell me what you think. >> in his interview with you during the election, he went way off script on the issue of abortion. >> because he didn't know the script of the pro-life poyrks and hiss remarks are indicating this is a man who really believes it. it seems like a snarky way. >> joyou're chuckling. >> after the da vin shi code, some we