KRISTEN LOPEZ (ILLUSTRATED BY JYOTIRMAYEE PATRA) RUNNING PRESS
What makes a good adaptation? Faithful transcript, or radical re-authoring? Fishing-trip bets between friends (), or the judicious omissions of deadly squids () and scary topiary bunnies ()? Though occasionally loose and glancing in its analyses, film journo Kristen Lopez's survey offers an engaging tour of various routes from page to film, be they departures, copies or – not implausibly – both simultaneously.
