Dan Brown breaks out of his dark little world and into the Freemasons' Hall

 
24 May 2013

Dan Brown declined to reveal any “spoilers” from his new bestseller, Inferno, when he entertained 1,500 fans during a public appearance at the Freemasons’ Hall this week. But who does the Da Vinci Code author read for fun? “I’m fascinated by Malcolm Gladwell,” he told the Londoner. “I’ve been reading everything he’s written. I love what he does with statistics, bringing order out of chaos.”

The 200 million-selling Brown longed to break out of his media duties and escape to the scene of one of The Da Vinci Code’s most famous scenes. “If I had free time I would go to Westminster Abbey. I’d probably be there all day.”

Brown was knocked out by the reception he received at the Masonic HQ. “You’re a writer, you work alone in the dark. It’s a little bit surreal to step out of the dark, the closet, and suddenly the spotlight is in your face. Suddenly you’re meeting all these people and you realise that what I do in the dark has a life outside of my little world.”

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