Some reviewers branded The Lost Symbol "moronic, derivative and clunky" .

一些评论家给《消失的符号》打上“鲁钝、没创意和笨拙”的标签。

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Now, after six-and-a-half years, Brown's newest novel, The Lost Symbol, comes out on Tuesday.

现在，6年半之后，布朗的最新小说《失落的符号》将于周二出版。

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I was already writing The Lost Symbol when I started to realize The Da Vinci Code would be big.

在《达芬奇密码》取得成功时，我就已经开始创作《消失的密码》了。

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"The Lost Symbol" takes place in Washington,D.C., over a period of just twelve hours.

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The record-breaking sales made "The Lost Symbol" the fastest-selling adult novel in history.

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Book critics have been mixed in their reviews of "The Lost Symbol."

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His last book The Lost Symbol sold 550, 000 copies in the UK in its first week on sale in 2009.

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Details of his 2009 novel "The Lost Symbol" emerged thanks to reports that Brown, whose dimpled chin and sandy-colored hair are known to many, had been spending time in Washington, D.

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Their comments do not appear to have put readers off buying the book, which has already become this year's best-selling hardback fiction title, and the fastest selling since 2009's Dan Brown hardback The Lost Symbol, which topped 550, 000 in its first week.

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