I actually got the CD yesterday (Dec 15) at Strawberry's. They had it in the back room still in the shipping carton, ready I guess to put on the shelf on the 16th.

Anyway, it was a birthday gift for my husband, who was TRANSFIXED by the music! It's really wonderful. I only half-heard it as background (we had company) but will give it a serious listen as soon as I can. The poor guy visiting us had to maintain two simultaneous conversations, one with me talking about various things and one with Frank interjecting and exclaiming about this or that song on the CD with a glazed look in his eye.

I had much trouble getting into the book, and finally gave up, which puts it in the same category as the only two other books I gave up on: James Joyce's Ulysses and Colleen McCullough's Third Millenium. Very good company, I'm told.

But I intend to see the movie and also give the book another try.