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Title: I am perplexed.
Review: I got my hands on a copy because I wanted to see if it really was written by Polanski, and I'm still unsure: no one else's name appears on the cover, but would Polanski really take the time to adapt his film to the novella form, or did he just hire a ghost writer? My advice to Polanski fans: see the movie, skip the book. It's almost a word-for-word adaptation of the film (written, surprisingly enough, in the present tense). The film makes for an interesting (if somewhat misogynist) experience . . . but reading the story without benefit of the imagery or pacing of the film proves to be rather dull.
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