In reply to Jenny C:
> The film was terrible, but enjoyed the book.
Not quite the opposite but I thought the book was ok (I found he came across as a pretty unlikeable person which I found odd if he wrote it - but perhaps it was ghost written as lex says which would perhaps explain that to some extent). However, I found the film good and enjoyable - much more so than the book.
I certainly wouldn't consider the book to be a classic by a long shot.
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