Are You Buying The Lost Symbol Tomorrow?

I’m not, but that doesn’t mean thousands of other folks won’t be flocking to the Krogers, Wal-Marts and Borders near them to pick “them up a copy,” like we say down South. I’m not saying that I’m not going to read it. My curiosity is too piqued to resist, but this isn’t Harry Potter, so I can wait until the library has an available copy.

I am dying, however, to know if Brown decided to live on the wild side and break free of his favorite plot structure: Smart person, usually Ph.D, searches for something important with the help of someone who is really the villain. Let’s hope for monotony’s sake that he did.

The New York Times has this to say.