Helpful Score: 2
Stephen Fry, noted British actor, humorist, and presenter, retells Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo with a modern setting. Fry has done more than simply assign anagramed names to the main characters (Edmond Dantes=Ned Maddstone and the Count becomes Simon Cotter); he has reworked this tale of unjust imprisonment and obsessive revenge until the mechanics of it are totally believable.
I came to this book because I wanted to see what kind of writer Fry is. The book is a bit out of my genre, but I found it entertaining and a quick read.
I came to this book because I wanted to see what kind of writer Fry is. The book is a bit out of my genre, but I found it entertaining and a quick read.
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