"War And Peace"
Been top of my Bucket list for most of my life, but never quite managed its highs and lows (same goes for Thackerey's 'Vanity Fair'
Much prefer Tolstoy's unfairly underrated 'Resurrection'.
Don't think I ever got over the Cinemascope version of W and P - saw it in Manchester in the 60s and could only get seats on the front row - crick in the neck for weeks and had to throw my jacket away because of the smell of horse-shit!
Jim Carroll