William Goldman edits Simon Morgenstern's rollicking adventure of pirates and princesses, swordplay and swamps down to "the good parts," and I put all the missing pieces back in, carefully reconstructing the original narrative, in all its gruesome, graphic, weird, and perverse detail. Altho there's no vulgar language, this commentary is rated M for mature.

Among other things from the original Morgenstern version of the story, I explain:

• How Buttercup comes from a family of hookers
• What happened to Westley—and the letters he wrote to Buttercup—while he was on the Revenge
• Where Inigo's father hid the sword so Inigo could still have it
• The many layers of family man, scientist, and charity patron Vizzini
• What Westley's body originally said he had reason to live for
• Who lost what limbs in the course of the story
• How Inigo could take several wounds and yet get stronger
• The truth about Inigo's father's fate