Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

Val Brown

“This book is laugh out loud funny, yet following a gruesome arc. It was one of my favourites last year, and very memorable for me. (Irish debut novel also!)”

Lanh

“A delicate balance of funny and heart wrenching, in that distinctly Irish way. Lennon’s debut novel unfolds in Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, centering around two unemployed potters who cope with their joblessness by putting on a production of Medea using a bunch of Athenian prisoners. He uses a modern Irish vernacular throughout, which I thought made the story incredibly readable. Walks t”

Kt

“is there a better moment in our current times for a wickedly funny (Irish humor ftw) story about art and war? prob not.”