The grand ball of UK exceptionsOne this Kat's favourite books of all time is Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's Il Gattopardo, known in English as The Leopard, and perhaps even better known in Visconti's movie adaptation [here the trailer of the recently restored version], starring a melancholic Burt Lancaster as the Prince of Salina, a handsome Alain Delon as Tancredi, and an enchanting Claudia Cardinale as Angelica . [read post]