'Da Vinci Code' sequel smashes sales records

Dan Brown’s long-awaited follow up to 'The Da Vinci Code' has sold more copies in its first 36 hours of release than any other adult hardback novel has managed in its entire lifetime, the publishers said today.

'The Lost Symbol' hit the shelves yesterday and has already more than 300,000 copies in the UK, compared with the previous best-selling adult hardback, Thomas Harris’ 'Hannibal', which has sold 298,000 copies since it was published in 1999.