![]() ![]() Lupton sets the clock ticking for the duration of the siege in a meticulously plotted novel set over the course of the three-hour ordeal. In a liberal Somerset school, a pair of gunmen open fire, taking staff and pupils captive. ![]() Norton’s third novel is a thoughtful examination of sexual identity, shame, and the impact of collective grief. ![]() Following the victims’ families and the survivors over the next three decades, we witness the repercussions of the tragedy – emotional, psychological and practical – as secrets threaten to reveal themselves. In a beautifully engrossing opening chapter, Norton introduces us to the inhabitants of a small Irish community whose lives are about to be shattered by a teenage car crash. The pillars of the story are well known – the beauty of Helen, Aphrodite’s bribing of Paris, the wooden horse that brought down an empire – but Fry’s narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient tales, revealing connections between myth and modern language, art and culture. ![]() Following his bestselling books on Greek mythology, Mythos and Heroes, Fry returns with an inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy. ![]()
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