{"product_id":"glorious-exploits-a-bold-and-funny-sunday-times-bestselling-debut-novel-set-in-ancient-sicily-cover-may-vary","title":"Glorious Exploits: A bold and funny Sunday Times bestselling debut novel set in Ancient Sicily (Cover may vary)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE  SUNDAY TIMES  BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\nWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nWINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nLONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2025\u003cbr\u003e\nA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME\u003cbr\u003e\nA BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICK\u003cbr\u003e\nPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE  GUARDIAN,  THE  INDEPENDENT,  THE  IRISH TIMES,  THE  FINANCIAL TIMES  AND THE  TLS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of the most original and brilliant debuts in years’  Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Bold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page’ Douglas Stuart, author of  Shuggie Bain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound’ R. F. Kuang, author of  Yellowface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAncient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: feckless, jobless, in need of a distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat could possibly go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Fierce, funny, fast-paced … Brings the ancient world roaring to life’ Joanna Quinn, author of  The Whalebone Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Love, 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSunday Times  bestseller, August 2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52910233485599,"sku":"UK122","price":6.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0957\/0546\/5119\/files\/817KCe_qNSL._SY1500_06f55ff4-06e8-4d0b-bd95-3d7aca3cb2a5.jpg?v=1792837746","url":"https:\/\/lumobook.store\/products\/glorious-exploits-a-bold-and-funny-sunday-times-bestselling-debut-novel-set-in-ancient-sicily-cover-may-vary","provider":"LumoBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}