The Han Solo Of Symbology And Religious Iconography

And we return to the world of Robert Langdon. Oh, how I’ve missed you. In one of the previous books, he is described as “Harrison Ford in Harris tweed.”

In chapter one we learn that Langdon’s father died while he was still a boy, perhaps in an elevator accident at the Eiffel Tower. We also discover that he has been mentored by Peter Solomon, a 58-year old billionaire philanthropist, historian and scientist who had “taken Langdon under his wing nearly thirty years ago, in many ways filling the void left by Langdon’s father’s death*. Despite the man’s influential family dynasty and massive wealth, Langdon had found humility and warmth in Solomon’s soft gray eyes.” There better be a pretty good explanation of how Solomon, an historian and scientist, made himself into a billionaire. I hope he’s a robber baron.

Obviously, Peter Solomon is either going to die in the next few chapters, or turn out to be a villain.

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*Don’t you think “the death of Langdon’s father” would have been better here?

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