the princess bride

One of the great things about THE PRINCESS BRIDE (Full title: The Princess Bride : S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure : The 'Good Parts' Version, Abridged by William Goldman) besides "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
" and iocaine is the "best parts" device employed by William Goldman. Always referring to the larger work of a fictitious tale-spinner/historian by the name of S. Morgenstern, Goldman culls together the delightful bits with everyone's tongue firmly in cheek (excuse the grammatical excursion here) from what appears to have been a thinly-veiled pretentious historical gloat (with long descriptions a la Tom Wolfe). Still think Morgenstern exists? Read Goldman vs. Morgenstern. {amazon.com entry}