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Dan Brown's most scathing review comes from fellow author Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman has given Dan Brown's new book it's most scathing review. Photo: Getty Images

While it may well sound like sour grapes, Philip Pullman, the author of the trilogy His Dark Materials, has castigated his fellow best-selling novelist Dan Brown for his "flat, stunted and ugly" prose. Full Article at Irish Independent

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  1. As The Lost Symbol, Brown's follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, is published, Pullman, who has sold 15 million books, says that his rival author populates his books with "completely flat and two-dimensional" characters. Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 18:  Author Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol is offered for sale at 57th Street Books September 18, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The book, by the author of The Da Vinci Code, sold more than 1 million copies on the day it was released.
  2. An employee of a bookshop stacks copies of the new Dan Brown novel "The Lost Symbol" which went on sale today in London September 15, 2009.
  3. ROME - MAY 04: (L-R) Ron Howard, Tom Hanks and Dan Brown attend the world premiere of 'Angels & Demons' at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on May 4, 2009 in Rome, Italy.
  4. ROME - MAY 03:  L-R Tom Hanks, Dan Brown and Ron Howard attend the Rome photocall of 'Angels & Demons' at St Angel Castle on May 3, 2009 in Rome, Italy.
  5. FILE  - This  Nov. 27, 2007 file photo shows  British writer Philip Pullman arriving for the world premiere of the film "The Golden Compass" at a cinema in London.

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