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When youre Robert Langdon, the whole world is your escape room.
I used a standard Masonic cipher, and Hang on, this sconce!
while trying to solve a grand arcane mystery involving, yes, a lost symbol.
If youre aware ofThe Lost Symbol, its probably because its informally known as theHot Dan Brown Show.
Shivs sidepiece fromSuccession, as a younger, jockier version of the symbology professor.
Girl, learn to prioritize!
At one point the villain tells Langdon that his mentor Peter is in the Araf.
Im sorry, what?
The borderland between heaven and hell, the villain says ominously.
Yes, Iknowwhat the Araf is, Langdon replies.
Cant catch this guy off guard.
Best, then, to stick to the surface, and what an enjoyable surfaceThe Lost Symbolhas.
Why be direct when you’re able to use fancy words to say the same thing?
