Book Read

The Palace Thief (Stories) by Ethan Canin, a former physician who is on the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. This is the book that they turned into the movie The Emperors' Club starring Kevin Kline (who I absolutely love -- I would totally do him or his wife Phoebe Cates of Gremlins and Fast Times at Ridgemont High fame). I don't think very many people saw the movie since the previews made it look way too much like Dead Poets Society (one of my all-time favorite movies). However, the short story which the movie was based on is nothing like DPS, so I'm going to have to check this movie out...