''The Da Vinci Code'' is the inevitability of the week

Inevitability of the Week

By EW Staff
Published on January 13, 2006 05:00AM EST

In late March, Doubleday will release 5 million copies of the Dan Brown best-seller in both trade and mass-market paperback in its attempt to reach the last literate people on earth.

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