He talks about trying to give the same gift to his son, who manages to make it through one chapter before giving up in exhaustion.
He tells the tale of how he blossomed as a boy - going from being a sports-obsessed disappointment to a ravenous bookworm, all thanks to this book. The entire thing is a fiction, beginning to end, but Goldman sells it really well. Goldman's father may have read books to him as a child, but he never read this book to him. Morganstern, the greatest of the Florinese writers. Of course, the big gag is that there never was an original version of the book. Morganstern, was a little too dry for public consumption, as well as damaging to treasured childhood memories, so he went through it and put together this "good parts" version, and the world is a better place for it. Goldman felt that the original story, as written by the immortal S. It's one of the greatest love/action/revenge stories ever abridged by a modern author. Don't bother with the rest of this review, you'll thank me later. It's one of the greatest love/action/revenge stories ever abridged If you haven't read this book, then all I can tell you is to go out, get it, and read it. If you haven't read this book, then all I can tell you is to go out, get it, and read it. Death, Lies, Truth, Miracles, and a Little Sex. He's reconstructed the "Good Parts Version" to delight wise kids and wide-eyed grownups everywhere. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitation, and only the "good parts" reached his ears. But as a grown-up he discovered that the boring parts were left out of good old Dad's recitat What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be.well.a lot less than the man of her dreams?Īs a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S. What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince of all time and he turns out to be.well.a lot less than the man of her dreams? As a boy, William Goldman claims, he loved to hear his father read the S.
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