{"product_id":"9780241998007","title":"Glorious Exploits","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Lennon, Ferdia \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 23\/01\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 304 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241998007,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024‘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: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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 Stand\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53592941560181,"sku":"9780241998007","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241998007.jpg?v=1729801783","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241998007","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}