Every conversation I have ever had about this book:

Me: "Really? You haven't read Watership Down?!'
You: "Nope"
Me: "Read it! It's beautiful! A work of touching, thoughtful genius!"
You: "What's it about?"
Me: "Never mind that, it's a stunning book. Just read it. You'll love it."
You: "So it's a naval theme then? Like a Das Boot-y book? Or a Titanic style story?"
Me: "Well... no, its more, well, it's based on land. In England. Seriously though, Richard Adams is a hell of a storyteller."
You: "Oh! OK, so a ship runs aground and it's like a survival film? Alive in Essex, yeah?"
Me: "Ahhh, no, the name refers to a down - a kind of parky meadow in England - and this one is called Watership Down.
You: "So it's environmental? Silent Spring in the UK?"
Me: "No, it's fiction, with a great story and compelling characters you'll be rooting for, whose struggles might just make you mist up."
You: "It sounds great, but what's it about?"
Me: "Well.. I don't want to make it sound lame..."
You: "Come on. I'm not reading a book I know nothing about."
Me: :"OK... it's.... it's about Rabbits."
You: "Rabbits."
Me: "Yes, and they talk, and struggle and love and..."
You: "Talking Rabbits".
Me: "Yes! But they're realistic! Adams captures something of their soul! He invents a stunning, moving mythology for them, an entire religion based on their Rabbit-ness! The film made me cry when I was a child, and the book is even better!"
You: "Realistic talking religious rabbits."
Me: "Yes, but it's so beauti... ah, fuck it. It's one of the best books I've ever read."