I enjoyed the book alot - I can't remember the last time a written page made me feel that I could smell something - and would check out the movie if it showed up on cable, but I'm not rushing to do so. While the end of the book was so over-the-top (gland-guignol?)as to be enjoyable, I can't help but thinking that it would come off awfully strange on screen (which was the opinion of a few reviewers at the time).