Book Of Common Themes

Oh, hell yeah! Didn't get enough art/spy/Vatican craziness with the media frenzy surrounding the accusations of plagiarism against Dan Brown and his bestseller The DaVinci Code or the release of the feature film starring the oddly cast Tom Hanks and the subsequent Ã¼ber-coverage of all things Opus Dei on CNN's...

By Merritt Martin

August 3, 2006

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Oh, hell yeah! Didn't get enough art/spy/Vatican craziness with the media frenzy surrounding the accusations of plagiarism against Dan Brown and his bestseller The DaVinci Code or the release of the feature film starring the oddly cast Tom Hanks and the subsequent Ã¼ber-coverage of all things Opus Dei on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360? Well, Daniel Silva offers another installment in his series of novels featuring art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon with The Messenger. Want more awkward sexual tension between protagonist and a scholarly female? Not to worry, it comes hand in hand with papal discord. Silva signs copies of his latest release 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Barnes & Noble, 7700 Northwest Highway. Call 214-739-1124.
Thu., Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m.

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Merritt Martin has written for the Dallas Observer for over two decades. She has also contributed to Eater, DMN and USA Today. In addition to arts and culture writing, she spends entirely too much time extolling the virtues of pears, black clothing, and her cat Kenneth.

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