writing novel does not come as easy as writing a critic about the novel..in this era of stripping, item bomb numbers which wins best stroy awards in star studded function.. a marvoulus writing has come on our way.. see the way authour puts his thougts and writing on the discriptions of each and every monument the characters come across, a person from india without even visitng those places could crearly get details and i adivse the readers to go for the classic version of the book, which contains illustarted photos along with the story so that you can appriciate the work even more better. Suspense, thriller, gripping speed, plot, the codes, the unknown truth about the famous"last supper painting"and the way the codes are dcoded..it needs a lot of stuff to think and hats off to such a master story teller. Immense courage and guts is needed to write a controversial subject, the faith of christianity, opus odei,the vatican, the family of christ...all said in public but without an inch of defaming the lord himself. its like walking on a rope with the dagger right below.All the pain and hard work of Dan brown is paid off as this is the bestseller here too. Dont miss it.