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Glorious exploits : a novel / Ferdia Lennon.

Lennon, Ferdia, (author.).

Summary:

"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." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250893697
  • ISBN: 1250893690
  • Physical Description: 289 pages : maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Subject: Euripides > Fiction.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Fiction.
Syracuse (Italy) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 4 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION LENNON 2024 (Text) 0001012544481 Fiction New Checked out 05/06/2024

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