The "Real" Princess Bride

[gamedave]

Just a random note on a conversation from last Tuesday about the Princess Bride - Move Dave thought it was actually an abridgment of a longer, older work, I said that was just a literary device. See the following Wikipedia pages:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_princess_bride
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Morgenstern#Autobiographical_fiction

[moviedave]

Thanks Dave. When I read the book almost 2 decades ago I never questioned what what Goldman was telling me. I had just finished his book "Adventures in the Screen Trade" about his work in Hollywood and writing "Butch Cassidy" and "Marathon Man" etc. I had even sent in to the publisher for the extra chapter that he had wanted to add, furthering the illusion. I received the letter just as the wiki article explained. I fell for the whole thing, hook, line and sinker. Just never for a second questioned it. I now have a new appreciation for the whole thing. It's really brilliant and well done.

Thanks for making me a little less dumb.