> > Has anyone else read _The Club Dumas_ (let's forget the movie > please) and/or > > _The Fencing Master_ by Arturo Perez-Reverte? > > Yes, both; they were well done. What did you think of TFM? Why did you like it? The novel was quite different in style and tone from TCD (and closer to the _The Seville Communion_) and in some ways I enjoyed it more. The action seemed more concentrated to me, but that may have been a bit of an illusion due to the fencing aspects. I also haven't read TCD in about 3 years. > The movie was ALSO well done, only it bore very little > relationship to the book. Yes, I agree. But didn't want to get sucked into a debate on that. I thought the movie was suprisingly good, and a excellent adaptation of a complex novel to the screen. ObD? Dumas and fencing masters? Well Duh! But also: I could picture Vlad walking into any of these books and making a wry, throw-away comment and then wallking off. These strike me as very 'Brustian' in tone. David