Thanks for this, Max. Although I enjoyed reading about all the (other) film versions (esp. the Icelandic one), I felt sorry for poor Dick Ringler, whose new translation ("for oral delivery") was supposedly under review. It merited only a paragraph of high praise at the end, with no quotations extracted from his intro. or text (aaargh). Nevertheless, this is definitely one to buy! Candice ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs