{"product_id":"glorious-exploits-hc","title":"Glorious Exploits HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for Newcomer of the Year by the Irish Book Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for the British Book Award for Debut Fiction Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2024 by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Slate,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand the New York Public Library\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMedea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e Glorious Exploits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51970855600359,"sku":null,"price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/51YVAhq2QVL.webp?v=1775941281","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/glorious-exploits-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}