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Musab Shakeel 28 October 2017 Fact and Fiction in Dan Brown’s Origin Dan Brown’s latest book in the Robert Langdon series, Origin is a mystery-thriller novel that sells in the fiction section of bookstores. What distinguishes Origin from the other fiction books that sit beside it in the bookshelves is the interplay between fact and fiction that characterizes the plot of Originn keeping with his signature writing style, Brown embeds his fictional plot within facets of reality, thus obscuring the lines between fact and fiction. Brown claims factual accuracy in Origin by including a “FACT” page in the preface that reads: “All art, architecture, locations, science, and religious organizations in this novel are real”. The fact that Origin, similar as in the previous novels, is set in a real-world location (Spain, in Origin), with elaborate descriptions of the locations, landmarks, buildings, artwork, accompanying the story, contributes to the merging of fact and fiction. Such a writing style has worked superbly for Brown in the past; his writings have brought him great fame and wealth. His novel The Da Vinci Code, in which Brown cleverly merges religious fiction with fact, is number one on the list of Top 100 Best-Selling Books of all time in the UK and the success of Inferno, ranked number one on the New York Times Best Seller list for the first 11 weeks of its release, saw Brown return to the Forbes Celebrity 100 list. It seems that Brown has figured out the recipe for successful fiction writing and his blurring of lines between fact and fiction is most certainly a key ingredient. And understandably so stories that are rooted in aspects of reality make for a more riveting read. However, enthralling as they may be, such stories also leave the unsuspecting reader vulnerable to misinformation. Particularly so because despite Brown’s claims, his novels frequently compromise on factual accuracy in the interest of embellishing the plot. The blanket claim to factual accuracy in the preface causes the reader to lower her guard in being critical to ostensible facts she comes across in the novel. And that leads to misinformation.