I would always see the spine of this book in the school library in primary school and for whatever reason, even when I had run out of library books to read, I never picked it up. I regret that now. This is a wonderful, charming book that I loved now but would have made my entire goddamn personality if I had read it as a kid. I can't wait to watch the film later tonight and see what Scorsese does with this fantastic source material.