Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon (HC)

Ancient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: feckless, jobless, in need of a distraction.

Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads.

They’re fading in the baking heat, but not everything is lost: they can still recite lines from Greek tragedy when tempted by Lampo and Gelon with goatskins of wine and scraps of food.

And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry.

It’s audacious. It might even be dangerous. But like all the best things in life – love, friendship, art itself – it will reveal the very worst, and the very best, of what humans are capable of.

What could possibly go wrong?

REVIEWS

"One of the most original and brilliant Irish debuts in years." ― Irish Times

"The debut novelist to watch ... Remarkable ... This debut is entertaining, vivid, original – and has a huge amount of fun turning the genre on its head ... The premise is irresistible ... Terrific ... A novel to be gulped down."― The i

"Immensely likeable ... Raucously funny ... The writing is beautifully controlled." ― The Observer

PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover Edition
Publisher: Fig Tree
ISBN: 978-0241617649
Pages: 288