Dan Brown's Inferno: 'clunky, but clever' and a certain hit

Da Vinci Code author's new novel is arguably 'worst yet', but modern plague tale is already a bestseller

ROME - MAY 03: Writer Dan Brown attends the Rome photocall of 'Angels & Demons' at St Angel Castle on May 3, 2009 in Rome, Italy.(Photo by Elisabetta Villa/Getty Images)
(Image credit: 2009 Getty Images)

DAN BROWN's new novel, Inferno, is "clunky, but clever" and the American author's "charmless, tuneless prose" won't stop it becoming the year's best-selling book, early reviews suggest.

Inferno is the fourth book by Brown to feature Robert Langdon, a fictional Harvard professor of religious iconology. It draws inspiration from Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, an allegorical vision of the afterlife that Brown describes as "one of history's most celebrated writings".

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