Stop Reading Dan Brown

Since when does Maureen Dowd write book reviews? And why is she reviewing a book written by Dan Brown? More importantly, why was it on the cover of this Sunday’s Book Review? Don’t they know that despite the poor review it is still a form of advertising? Perhaps it is this type of mediocrity and pandering that is killing newspaper reviewing and not the internet.

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