I'll have my trashy novel with a side of sacrilege

The following is a quote from a New Yorker story about Sony's marketing of the film "The Da Vinci Code":

Brown’s puzzler plot proceeded from a thesis that Christianity as we know it is history’s greatest scam, perpetrated by a malignant, misogynist, and, when necessary, murderous Catholic Church.

Hyperbole? Yes. Grain (or maybe an entire grain elevator, depending on whom you ask and when you ask her) of truth? Certainly.

Which is not to say that I buy into the plot of The Da Vinci Code. It's fluff. Candy, to be consumed quickly and enjoyed. Which I did.

You should too.