A few weeks ago I posted about my foiled attempt to read more about the backstory behind the DaVinci Code. In their efforts to assure everyone that the fictional novel is not real and apparently divert a serious threat to their 2000-year-old religion, the authors resorted to absurd vignettes and childish name-calling.

It got so bad, that after reading this I figured that if they were so absurdly adamant about the DaVinci Code being a load of hooey, then it must really be a threat, i.e. there must be some facts in the background. So I picked up another shameless attempt to profit off the success of the Dan "There's That Plot Twist Again" Brown, Secrets of the Code by Dan Burstein.

For those of you who were wondering about an actual, balanced look at the history behind DVC (I've been typing all day, ok), this would be it. Sources old and new from both sides of the issue make up this collection, which is a little dry at times but mostly quite interesting. And the funny thing is, reading this book did more to convince me that DVC was a complete work of fiction (imagine that, in the fiction section is a work of fiction...) than the book that tried to beat me over the head with its proselytizing. I hope you're paying attention, political pundits...