'Da Vinci Code' author finishes new book -

Thu Feb 12, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (Reuters) - "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown (pic left) has finished a new book based on the fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, television show "Entertainment Tonight" reported on Thursday.

Movie director Ron Howard, who made the 2006 film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code" with Tom Hanks playing the central role of Langdon, told "Entertainment Tonight" the author's latest work features the same character, but details were scant.
Other media outlets have reported that Brown's next book has the working title "The Solomon Key," is based in Washington, D.C. and centers on the Freemasons.
A representative for Doubleday, Brown's publisher and a unit of Bertelsmann declined to comment.

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