If you have seen and enjoyed the three movies The Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil and Stand By Me then this book is for you. Three of the four novellas are those movies (Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil and The Body)and every one of the novellas is BETTER than the movies, which themselves are excellent. The fourt story The Breathing Method was a bit of a dissapointment after the first three but it wasnt enough to bring the book down. A must read.