{"product_id":"9780241617649","title":"Ferdia Lennon - Glorious Exploits","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Ferdia Lennon. Themes include Fiction, Historical, Ancient, Literary, Friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e Winner Of The Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024\u003cbr\u003e Winner Of The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize For Comic Fiction 2024\u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted For The Nero Award For Debut Fiction 2024\u003cbr\u003e Longlisted For The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2025\u003cbr\u003e A Bbc Radio 4 Book At Bedtime\u003cbr\u003e A Bbc2 Between The Covers Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePicked As A Book Of The Year By The \u003ci\u003eGuardian,\u003c\/i\u003e The \u003ci\u003eIndependent,\u003c\/i\u003e The \u003ci\u003eIrish Times,\u003c\/i\u003e The \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e And The \u003ci\u003eTls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'One of the most original and brilliant debuts in years' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Bold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page' Douglas Stuart, author of \u003ci\u003eShuggie Bain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Brilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound' R. F. Kuang, author of \u003ci\u003eYellowface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ***\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAncient Sicily. Enter Gelon: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter Lampo: feckless, jobless, in need of a distraction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What could possibly go wrong?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ***\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Fierce, funny, fast-paced ... Brings the ancient world roaring to life' Joanna Quinn, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Love, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph ... A delicious treat of a read. I loved it' Jon Mcgregor, author of \u003ci\u003eLean Fall Stand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58012838920566,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780241617649.jpg?v=1780502378","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780241617649","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}