NETHERLAND ADAPTATION?

Oprah's involvement notwithstanding, our feeling is that any screenwriter who can confidently use "quail" as a verb might just be the guy to adapt Netherland ...

[Christopher:] Hampton said he had been nervous about trying to adapt Netherland, which he described as "a most seductively... and beautifully written book", but eventually had been persuaded by Mendes' persistence.

"I quail at the idea of adapting it. This is a very difficult project, I know that," he told The Observer.