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This is one of those rare few cases where the movie is actually better than the book (The 13th Warrior). Enjoying this book really kind of requires that you be in on the joke, and have a basic knowledge of Beowulf. Unfortunately, the author doesn't let you in on the joke until his afterward, and most people never bother to read afterwards by the authors in books, so most people will, regrettably, never really get what this book is about. It's okay, but the author's mock non-fiction style gets old pretty fast. Like I said, the movie is actually better than the book, I'd recommend picking that up instead, the Crichton Estate gets paid either way. Unless you really, really want to watch an author pretend he's compiling accounts of a long dead man into a coherent story. It is relatively short, and doesn't take much effort to read, but this book is definitely not for everyone.