THE BOOK
GLORIOUS EXPLOITS
BY FERDIA LENNON
It’s 412 BC after the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarries of Syracuse. Lampo and Gelon, two local potters, take to visiting the prisoners who in exchange for scraps of food will recite Euripides. And so an idea is born: the men will put on Medea in the quarry. The funniest tragedy you’ll ever read, Glorious Exploits is an exhilarating and fiercely original story of brotherhood, war and art.
FERDIA LENNON
Ferdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. A Sunday Times bestseller, it was adapted for BBC Radio 4 and was the winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024. After spending many years in Paris, he now lives in Norwich with his wife and son.
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