jaytran

Let me say that I am a huge fan of old adventure movies, one of my favourites has been Beau Geste (’39 with Gary Cooper, Robert Preston and Ray Milland). The source book has been on the “Get to read list” for a very long time, thanks to my wife’s thoughtful gift of a Nook last Christmas, I’ve been slowly popping off some of the classics on that list. If you have a Nook or a Kindle, I would advise you don’t get the lowest price version of this classic. The text was so filled with typos it was difficult to determine whether I was reading French (which I neither speak nor read) or some horrendous spelling typo errors. Frankly, it the copy was so bad that it really diminished my enjoyment of the story. On its own the story is terrific! It was all that I could ask for. Being as familiar with the story as I am, the novel still held surprises for me.

2022-10-21 05:42