He had read the novel when he was a teenager and was reminded about it by one of his college lecturers who had mentioned the several unsuccessful attempts to adapt it into a movie.
Тој го прочитал романот кога бил тинејџер и бил потсетен од еден од предавачите на колеџот дека имало неколку неуспешни обиди да се адаптира новелата во филм.