令人期待已久的丹布朗的新书，即《达芬奇密码》的续集，将由蓝登书屋今年9月15日出版，新书名为《The Lost Symbol》，书中的主人公仍是兰登教授。丹布朗花费了五年时间才完成这部新作，小说的故事集中在12小时的时段内，继承了《达芬奇密码》紧张悬疑的风格。丹布朗自己表示，写作这本书的过程“奇异又美妙”。

新书第一版的印量就高达650万，创历史最高印量纪录。著名的图书连锁书店Waterstones预测，该书将是2009年最热门的图书。

Record printing for 'Da Vinci Code' sequel

Dan Brown's new novel, The Lost Symbol, the eagerly awaited follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, is to have a first print run of 6.5 million copies, the largest ever first print in the history of the publishers, Random House. The book is due out on 15 September. It will feature the same protagonist, Robert Langdon, from Brown's bestselling thriller, The Da Vinci Code, it was revealed yesterday. Brown has spent five years researching his latest novel in which the action takes place over a 12-hour period. Brown, pictured, said it had been a "strange and wonderful journey" to write the book. The Da Vinci Code's UK paperback edition, published in March 2004, spent more than two years in the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller list. The novel has been translated into 51 languages. The bookstore, Waterstones, yesterday predicted that this sequel would be "2009's biggest book".

（Source: Independent，英国使馆文化教育处提供）