The Happy Hour

Cressida McLaughlin
The Happy Hour
Paperback

Pity

Andrew McMillan
Pity
Paperback

Modern Fiction Book of the Month – February 2025

Imprisoned in the quarries of Syracuse, thousands of defeated Athenians hang on by the thinnest of threads. They’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. And so an idea is born. Because, after all, you can hate the invaders but still love their poetry… The funniest tragedy you’ll ever read. //  Discuss in the Fiction reading group  //    

Glorious Exploits

Ferdia Lennon
Glorious Exploits
Paperback