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Interview with Vin Surprynowicz, part II

• http://www.backwoodshome.com-Claire Wolfe

Q. I found the resolution of TToJ more interesting, and certainly more relevant, than the resolution of The DaVinci Code, but surely some readers will see similarities. Were you in any way inspired by that book?

A. I have to be careful not to seem scornful of Mr. Brown and his books, or Steve Berry or whoever. Here are these guys who have sold millions of books and entertained a lot of people and made a fortune, and I'm some little guy selling books in the thousands. Nor do I have the excuse that my stuff is meant to be "academic," because it's not — frankly, I hope to entertain, as well. So I don't want to sound like the midget razzing the elephants. But no, honestly, these books that read a lot like film treatments, a couple of paragraphs of dialogue about the secrets of the Knights Templar and then "What's that?! Flashing red lights, Oh No, the police are coming! Quick, let's escape through my secret underground tunnel to the secret hangar where my secret helicopter waits to waft us away in just such an emergency as this!" aren't quite what I'm trying for.

Yes, I get the fact that The Testament of James discusses Jesus and so does The Da Vinci Code. But frankly I find these scenarios designed to enhance the mythical bloodlines of the kings of France to be a bit labored. Do we really care about the legitimacy of the Bourbon bloodline? Are they planning to re-assume the throne?


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