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Glorious exploits : a novel / Ferdia Lennon.
"Set in Syracuse, Sicily, during the Peloponnesian War but told in contemporary Irish dialect, Glorious Exploits follows Lampo and Gelon, best friends since childhood. Thrilled to have survived the Athenians' recent invasion and as shocked by the Syracusan victory as everyone else, these unemployed potters are in a mood to celebrate. Of course, they hate the Athenians. Still, that doesn't mean you can't love the theatre of their great playwright Euripides, does it? Realizing that if the Athenians are as doomed as everyone says, this might be their last chance to hear Euripides's poetry, they go down to the quarry where the Athenian prisoners are being held and offer extra rations to any prisoner who can recite his work, a decision that sets into motion an extraordinary series of events. A novel that asks big questions about war and its aftermath, Glorious Exploits is a story as hopeful and playful as it is tragic"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250893680 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 289 pages : map ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Holt Paperbacks edition.
- Publisher: New York : Holt Paperback/Henry Holt and Company, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Map on lining papers. Originally published in hardcover: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Euripides > Fiction. Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Fiction. Syracuse (Italy) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Lenno | 31681010426005 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
Ferdia Lennon was born in Dublin to an Irish mother and Libyan father. He studied History and Classics at University College Dublin and holds an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. His short stories have appeared in publications such as The Irish Times and The Stinging Fly. In 2019 and 2021, he received Literature Bursary Awards from the Arts Council Ireland. After spending many years in Paris, he now lives in Norfolk, England with his wife and son.
