My French Whore
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Glad you found my comment. I had forgotten I had written it. But I remember the story. I love Gene Wilder.
At Amazon.com I found the following short description:
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"In 1918 when Paul Peachy's marriage is failing, he decides to join the army. Since he speaks German he's sent for to help interrogate notorious German spy Harry Stroller. Afraid of being sent to the front he deserts and passes himself of as Stroller. The German officials treat him like royality and give him a French whore for comfort."
FROM: http://www.amazon.com/My-French-Whore...
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I've requested the audio version at my library. I read the book but I'd like to hear it in Wilder's own words since he's the narrator.


I read 'Kiss Me Like A Stranger' a few months back but I didn't know about the audio version. I will indeed seek that out. It's such a frank and honest account of his life which I found very amusing and often quite moving.

PS-It would be fun to speculate as to who would be the best person (besides Wilder himself) to cast as Peachy in a film adaptation of "My French Whore". Any ideas?

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Or perhaps, Kevin Kline:
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Kevin Kline? I did like his double performance in the movie 'Dave', and found it quite a heartwarming story with some good gags, but apart from that I have no other point of reference. Dave might be the only film I've seen featuring Kline, but he does such a great job of pretending to be someone else. Definitely enough pizazz and wit from the guy to make a character like Peachy and Harry Stroller work. Again, Gene would have to be involved somehow.
One actor I feel could really pull it off is Bill Murray. What do you think? He might be getting on a little now (to play a young soldier, anyway) but his acting chops haven't diminished at all. I can easily imagine him delivering lines like "because you have so much make-up on, I might miss your lips" in his usual deadpan and hilarious way.
Other than him (and obviously Wilder himself) I am having great difficulty suggesting younger comedic actors...
Oh, Jason Schwartzman just popped into my head:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005403/
His work with Wes Anderson is quite brilliant and I could definitely get used to the idea. What do you think?

I think the job of casting actors might be a fascinating one. When I read Nobody's Fool, I automatically cast Jack Nicholson in the part of Sully. It was the first and only time I had ever automatically cast a book character while reading. When Paul Newman played the part in the movie adaptation, I was disappointed. Paul Newman played the character of Sully as laid back whereas I saw him as more quirky, like Nicholson himself.
I mentioned this in my review which is at:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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I think everyone would enjoy it.
It's simple and sweet and entirely compelling.
Leave it to Gene Wilder to write such a lovely tale.