Glorious Exploits (Signed)
Ferdia Lennon
Sold by BooksandRecords, IOBA, Tilshead, WILTS, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since September 9, 2019
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSold by BooksandRecords, IOBA, Tilshead, WILTS, United Kingdom
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since September 9, 2019
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst print. Both book and unclipped DJ are in fine condition with light handling and shelf wear. Signed by Lennon on the title page. An exhilarating, fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art, and of daring to dream of something bigger than ourselves. ***** Free shipping available to UK buyers. For customers located outside the UK, if the actual cost of shipping your order is lower than the price paid, then a refund of the difference will be issued.
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PICKED 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
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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?
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‘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
Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024
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