Dan Brown calls Manila 'gates of hell' in novel

[ZENMasterTYL]

saw-saw na naman tolentino, oh. unahin mo na lang patinuin ang traffic. puro kasi lip service at pa-pogi

[Monseratto]

Many are reading the book just for the part about Manila...Dan Brown should thank Tolentino for the interest generated by his letter...hehehe. Any publicity is good publicity... I remembered during Marcos time, he banned an issue of Time Magazine because of an article about his regime. That issue became a rare gem that people smuggled them in. You were popular if you had the issue...

[CVT]

^ ^ ^ Free download bro...Generated interest? Yes... REvenue?.... Hhmmmm...

19.2K:book:

[Monseratto]

Hintayin ko na lang sa Wikipedia...

[CVT]

^^^ Could be a good approach bro... Finished only up to Ch.6 last night and the build-up is bland, IMO... Hope it gets better....

19.2K:book:

[Retz]

meron na kaya sa app store ang inferno?

[CVT]

May audio book na rin....

19.2K:book:

[Monseratto]

Inferno (Dan Brown novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hmmm...no mention of Manila. Do not read if you don't want to spoil the ending.

[Ry_Tower]

It should be bro.,- the ebook is now available (actually since a few weeks ago)....

If indeed it is, i.e., "Manila as the Gate of Hell",- may I ask everyone here, who do you think should be the:

1. GateKeeper? - siyempre si Erap na, siya ang susi sa pagtaas or pagbagsak ng Manila eh
2. KeyMaster? - FPJ, siya ang susi ng dating kasikatan
[3. ***Master?] - Erap pa din, need I say more?

And why?

19.2K:book:

Too short!!!

[Monseratto]

Another non-issue made into a big deal..

'Gates of hell': Dan Brown enrages Philippines
Date
May 24, 2013 - 11:29AM





Philippine authorities reacted angrily over Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's portrayal of Manila as "the gates of hell" in his latest novel.

The book Inferno includes a character who describes the capital as a city of horrible traffic jams, suffocating pollution, massive poverty and a thriving child *** trade.

The chairman of the government agency managing Manila, Francis Tolentino, sent a letter to Brown and his publishers on Thursday criticising the "inaccurate portrayal of our beloved metropolis".

While the book is fictional, an excerpt on the American author's website stresses that "all artwork, literature, science, and historical references in this novel are real".

"I've run through the gates of hell," the character says after her experiences in Manila.

In his letter, copies of which were made public, Tolentino said he was "displeased" by the depiction of the capital, home to more than 1.65 million people.

He did not deny its huge slums and grinding poverty but said Brown had disregarded the strong Catholic faith of many residents as well as their "good character and compassion towards each other".

The traffic czar said Manila’s traffic is only around two hours long -- at most.

"Truly our place is an entry to heaven," the letter added.

Tolentino conceded this was not the first conflict between Brown and Manila. In 2006, the Manila city council banned screenings of the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, saying it was offensive to the Catholic church.

Brown's works have also previously come under fire in the largely Roman Catholic Philippines, with bishops calling them "sacrilegious" for undermining church teachings.

However on cyberspace, some Filipinos were in agreement with the author's portrayal.

"It looks like (Tolentino) is the one who hasn't been to Manila," one person tweeted.

Some even think that the episode in Manila– it’s less than two pages in a 460-page novel–just made them more curious about Mr. Brown’s latest thriller, whose mystery is based on Italian poet Dante’s masterpiece, “The Divine Comedy.”

Last month, the government announced that despite years of economic growth, 27.9 per cent of the Philippine population lived in poverty, a figure practically unchanged since 2006.

AFP

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