The Princess Bride

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This is my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it. As a child, I was read the “good parts” version of S. Morgenstern’s classic tale of true love and high adventure, and that is what I give to you. It is the story of Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in a hundred years, who loves and loses her Westley. It is the story of a kidnapping, a chase, and a daring rescue by a mysterious man in black. This timeless adventure is a story of fencing and fighting, of torture and poison,