This is the thriller The Da Vinci Code should have been: an ambitious, intellectually omnivorous tale set in 17th and 18th Century England that pits scientific geniuses (Isaac Newton is a major character), duplicitous noblemen, grizzled mercenaries and saucy ladies against each other in a gargantuan, galactic page-turner about money, power, knowledge and the origins of the modern Western world.
Epic times call for epic art, and nothing moved us more than The Return of the King. Other things we loved: Louis Vuitton, William Boyd and BBC's The Office And to the Atlanta group OutKast, we say "Stank you very much!"