Glorious Exploits. A bold and funny Sunday Times bestselling debut novel set in Ancient Sicily

Par : Ferdia Lennon
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  • Nombre de pages288
  • FormatePub
  • ISBN978-0-241-61768-7
  • EAN9780241617687
  • Date de parution18/01/2024
  • Protection num.Adobe DRM
  • Infos supplémentairesepub
  • ÉditeurFig Tree

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2025A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEA BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TLS'One of the most original and brilliant debuts in years' Irish Times'Bold and totally unexpected ...
I was hooked from the first page' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain'Brilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound' R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface***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?***'Fierce, funny, fast-paced . Brings the ancient world roaring to life' Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre'Love, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph .
A delicious treat of a read. I loved it' Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall StandSunday Times bestseller, August 2024
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2025A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEA BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TLS'One of the most original and brilliant debuts in years' Irish Times'Bold and totally unexpected ...
I was hooked from the first page' Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain'Brilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound' R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface***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?***'Fierce, funny, fast-paced . Brings the ancient world roaring to life' Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre'Love, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph .
A delicious treat of a read. I loved it' Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall StandSunday Times bestseller, August 2024
Un acte de gloire
Ferdia Lennon
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