![]() ![]() After his passing in mid-November, countless readers have posted about believing: yes, his grandfather read him the “best parts” version of an old dusty classic by S. That’s how talented an author William Goldman was. ![]() So several years later, when I read the 25th anniversary version, and it had all of this compelling, real-sounding information (wait, there’s a museum? they’re all real? the entire story is based on a true royal history! it is true!), I simply chose to believe it. I told my father so, and he looked at me, thought for a moment, and said that he didn’t think that was true. Morgenstern had written a boring royal history that William Goldman had abridged into a masterpiece. ![]() On my first read of The Princess Bride at age 13, I was amused and enchanted by the thought that S. ![]()
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