INTERNATIONAL RELEASE FOR FIRST BOOK
A local writer has high hopes for his first novel which is due to be launched this week.
Don Brown, 57, an out-of-work bacon scraper from Cheetingham, wrote The Mona Lisa Creed while doing a correspondence writing course. He sent it to two London publishers once it was completed.
It was accepted by Plagiarist Press and will be sold not only in the UK but also in Bhutan, Fiji, Estonia and Lesotho.
The book describes how a Harvard professor, who is on holiday in Paris, receives a late night phone call concerning the murder of a museum curator. This leads him into the shadowy world of a secret society which ranks Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo and Leonardo Da Vinci among its members. By following a series of cryptic clues, the professor eventually discovers the whereabouts of a religious relic which has been hidden for centuries.
"I’m so excited,” Mr Brown said, “it’s really unusual for a first-time author to get a publishing deal like this and I honestly never expected my book to see the light of day.
“I got the idea for it after going to see The DaVinci Code at the cinema,” he said, referring to last year’s hit film starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou.
“I saw it on a Monday when they have special concessions for the unemployed,” he added.
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25/02/07 @ 13:14