The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure as relayed by William Goldman offers an additional back story to the movie based on the book directed by Rob Reiner. William Goldman is a masterful storyteller having written several Hollywood screenplays including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men.

The illustrations add a nice touch to the text. This addition also includes some of William Goldman's thoughts on the movie adaptation to the book. The book also has a brief additional story about Buttercup's baby.

I appreciated the addition of the back stories for Inigo and Fizzig. Some parts of the book were changed for the movie. The Pit of Despair in the movie was originally the zoo of death in the novel. and some of the lines were lifted from other parts of the text and given to another character. This is an excellent book to read to the whole family.

Film vs. book - 15 min.