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| Dan Brown to release new Robert Langdon book in May | Dan Brown to release new Robert Langdon book in May |
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| Dan Brown, the bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, is to release a new book on 14 May, publishers Transworld have announced. | |
| The novel will be another instalment in the best-selling crime series, following Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. | The novel will be another instalment in the best-selling crime series, following Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. |
| Its title will be revealed, piece by piece, via posts on social media sites including Twitter and Facebook. | Its title will be revealed, piece by piece, via posts on social media sites including Twitter and Facebook. |
| The Langdon novels have sold millions of copies worldwide. | The Langdon novels have sold millions of copies worldwide. |
| According to its publisher, the latest instalment will see the professor drawn into "a harrowing world centred on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces". | |
| Readers are being encouraged to help unveil the title of the book by posting on Facebook or Twitter. | |
| Each time a user posts, it will unlock a piece of a mosaic image which will eventually display the name. | |
| "Dan Brown's enthusiasm for puzzles, codes and symbols is a passion shared by his readers," said Suzanne Herz, senior vice president of the book's US publisher, Doubleday. | |
| "Our aim is to harness that passion and use it as a catalyst to reveal the new title." | |
| Both The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons have been turned into Hollywood movies, starring Tom Hanks in the title role. | Both The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons have been turned into Hollywood movies, starring Tom Hanks in the title role. |
| A movie version of the third novel, The Lost Symbol, is still in development. | A movie version of the third novel, The Lost Symbol, is still in development. |