yetanothersusan 's review for:

Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

4.25

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A friend told me this book was based on the historical fact that Syracusans were feeding captured Athenians in exchange for Euripides quotes. This story, written with an Irish twist felt like a really weird episode of Hogan's Heroes. And I mean that in the most flattering way possible. At times I was grossed out thinking about how Lampo and Galen wandered through hundreds of dying men and trying to find actors for their play. And how this compares to some modern events makes it even less humorous. But the story isn't ever trying to be serious and the beautiful Greek tragedy elements remind readers why these stories still linger.