{"product_id":"glorious-exploits-a-novel","title":"Glorious Exploits: A Novel","description":"Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction\nWinner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize\nWinner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award\nShortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction\nShortlisted for Newcomer of the Year by the Irish Book Awards\nShortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction Prize\nShortlisted for the British Book Award for Debut Fiction Book of the Year\nLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence\nNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Slate, the Guardian, and the New York Public Library\n\nAn utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history.\n\nOn the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out what to do with the surviving Athenians who had the gall to invade their city: they’ve herded the sorry prisoners of war into a rock quarry and left them to rot. Looking for a way to pass the time, Lampo and Gelon, two unemployed potters with a soft spot for poetry and drink, head down into the quarry to feed the Athenians if, and only if, they can manage a few choice lines from their great playwright Euripides. Before long, the two mates hatch a plan to direct a full-blown production of Medea. After all, you can hate the people but love their art. But as opening night approaches, what started as a lark quickly sets in motion a series of extraordinary events, and our wayward heroes begin to realize that staging a play can be as dangerous as fighting a war, with all sorts of risks to life, limb, and friendship.\n\nTold in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving, Glorious Exploits is an unforgettable ode to the power of art in a time of war, brotherhood in a time of enmity, and human will throughout the ages.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250893690\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.1250893690.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lennon, Ferdia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Has a sturdy binding with some shelf wear. May have some markings or highlighting. Used copies may not include access codes or Cd's. Slight bending may be present.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55879509410097,"sku":"GBV.1250893690.G","price":14.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/1250893690-0.jpg?v=1787520330","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/glorious-exploits-a-novel","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}