Dangerous Liaisons

I originally picked up Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos De Laclos because I had enjoyed the film version based on the play by Christopher Hampton starring Glenn Close and john Malcovic. Then earlier this year I read Milan Kundera’s book of essays, The Curtain, in which he praised the novel, so I felt it was time to read it.  It was a fascinating novel written as a series of letters, which was an effective way of letting the story unfold. De Laclos was masterly in subtly reveal the characters intentions and motivations through the letters, but at times it was a bit of drudgery to get through all of the subterfuge as well. But also challenging, in that you had to remember who the people were that were being addressed and remember what they had written to other people previously.  I plan to re-watch the film soon and note the differences between the respective works.