![]() ![]() Even the cover of the book is in on the play-acting. Part of the ensuing novel is relating how he finds the book, and how he ends up “abridging it” and presenting it to us Americans, full of asides. He is grown, and wants to share this story with his own son, but has a hard time finding it. The fictional Goldman encountered the fictional Florin’s The Princess Bride when he was a fictional kid, when his fictional father read it to him. This fictional character is similar to the real William Goldman, but not identical. In this second level, William Goldman has styled himself as a fictional character. However, there is a second level to the story, which is similar to the standard grandpa-reading-to-grandson, but is just enough different. Goldman wasn’t totally breaking any new ground with the story, but it’s solid enough–and tongue-in-cheek enough–to be enjoyable on its own. ![]() The Princess Bride is, on one level, a standard love and adventure story snuggled underneath a film of satire. And you don’t want to have to do research in order to get your bearings. You want to read The Princess Bride, but you don’t want to be as confused as I was when I started reading. ![]()
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