How often do you see the headline above? I'm guessing not often. Several years ago, the public radio station where I lived had a live actor version this book. I was so intrigued, and figuring that the stereotype of the book being better than the movie/tv show/etc would hold up, I went and hurriedly got a copy. So slowly paced is the action, so uninteresting are the characters that this is another book I just couldn't bring myself to finish.