Glorious Exploits

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1660919Glorious Exploitshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/glorious-exploits-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/194810/0a5745fc-f9a3-45e0-9a0d-86fb3d981f96.jpg?v=638865620386970000226257MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024 LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2025 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TLSOne of the most original and brilliant debuts in years Irish TimesBold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainBrilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound R. F. Kuang, author of YellowfaceAncient 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.Theyre 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.Its 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?Fierce, funny, fast-paced Brings the ancient world roaring to life Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreLove, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph A delicious treat of a read. I loved it Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall StandSunday Times bestseller, August 2024...1637678Glorious Exploits226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/glorious-exploits-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/194810/0a5745fc-f9a3-45e0-9a0d-86fb3d981f96.jpg?v=638865620386970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780241617687_W3siaWQiOiJjMDlmMzM0ZS1iYjgzLTQ5ZjUtODY5OS01MGI1YWNlZDU1MjQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI2MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjMxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDRUMTA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780241617687_Gelons voice turns gentle and lowers to a whisper. He tells the guard that its nothing to worry about. Its important work were doing. The guard looks spooked, but Gelon keeps whispering, tells him that its theatre. Were saving the last known play of Euripides, man, and you can be a part of this.Its 412 BC, and Athens invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse, starving, dejected and hanging on by the slimmest of threads.Lampo and Gelon are local potters, young men with no work and barely two obols to rub together. With not much to fill their time, they take to visiting the nearby quarry, where they discover prisoners who will, in desperation, recite lines from the plays of Euripides in return for scraps of bread and a scattering of olives.And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. A proper performance to be sung of down the ages. Because after all, you can hate the Athenians for invading your territory, but still love their poetry.But as the performance draws near and the audacity of their enterprise dawns on them, it becomes difficult to distinguish between enemies and friends. And Lampo, whose ambitions have never stretched beyond having enough coin for the next jug of wine, finds his aspirations elevated, his heart entangled and his courage tested in ways he could never have imagined.Glorious Exploits is an exhilarating and fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art; and - in the face of the Gods apparent indifference - of daring to dream of something bigger than ourselves....(*_*)9780241617687_THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEOne of the most original and brilliant debuts in years Irish TimesBold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainBrilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound R. F. Kuang, author of YellowfaceAncient 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.Theyre 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.Its 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?Fierce, funny, fast-paced Brings the ancient world roaring to life Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreLove, 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...(*_*)9780241617687_THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKOne of the most original and brilliant debuts in years Irish TimesBold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainBrilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound R. F. Kuang, author of YellowfaceAncient 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.Theyre 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.Its 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?Fierce, funny, fast-paced Brings the ancient world roaring to life Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreLove, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph A delicious treat of a read. I loved it Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall StandSunday Times bestseller, August 2024...(*_*)9780241617687_THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TLSOne of the most original and brilliant debuts in years Irish TimesBold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie BainBrilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound R. F. Kuang, author of YellowfaceAncient 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.Theyre 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.Its 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?Fierce, funny, fast-paced Brings the ancient world roaring to life Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone TheatreLove, war, poetry, reckless ambition, terrible failure, and glorious triumph A delicious treat of a read. I loved it Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall StandSunday Times bestseller, August 2024...9780241617687_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_546a06e4-a86a-33da-8275-aa6801971066_9780241617687;9780241617687_9780241617687Ferdia LennonInglésMéxico2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/penguinrandomhouseuk-epub-c0bf67be-c674-44e7-b010-d098cec63092.epub2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd