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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (view source)
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'''Longlisted for the [[Orange Prize for Fiction 2012]]'''
'''Shortlisted for Romantic Novelists Association Award 2013: The Epic Romantic Novel'''
Before I started the book, I looked out my copy of Homer's ''The Iliad'' and skim-read its one page introduction (yes, yet another book in my 'must-read' pile but it's been on it for about ahem, ten years). Having said that, it is rather dry and scholarly which didn't really inspire me to get on with this book as I wasn't really looking for a 'heavy' read, especially on a nice summer's day. Onwards ...
If this book appeals then you might like to try [[Lazarus is Dead by Richard Beard]].
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