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Brought to you by Penguin.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIMEA BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE IRISH TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE TLSAncient Sicily. Enter GELON: visionary, dreamer, theatre lover. Enter LAMPO: lovesick, jobless, in need of a distraction.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.It’s audacious. It might even be dangerous. But like all the best things in life – love, friendship, art itself – it will reveal the very worst, and the very best, of what humans are capable of.What could possibly go wrong?‘One of the most original and brilliant debuts in years’ Irish Times‘Bold and totally unexpected ... I was hooked from the first page’ Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain‘Brilliant ... Hilarious, moving, and profound’ R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface©2024 Ferdia Lennon (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic FictionWinner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction PrizeWinner of the Authors'' Club Best First Novel AwardShortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical FictionShortlisted for Newcomer of the Year by the Irish Book AwardsShortlisted for the Nero Book Awards Debut Fiction PrizeShortlisted for the British Book Award for Debut Fiction Book of the YearLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal of ExcellenceNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Slate, the Guardian, and the New York Public LibraryAn utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On 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 Medea. 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.Told in a contemporary Irish voice and as riotously funny as it is deeply moving, Glorious Exploits 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.
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Ferdia Lennon sigue los pasos de Flann O''Brien y de Virgilio en este canto a las armas y a los hombres que bebe de la tradición narrativa irlandesa y riega la tragedia clásica de comedia actual.
Siracusa, Sicilia, siglo V a. C. En plena guerra del Peloponeso, dos ciudadanos griegos (Gelón, un alfarero en paro y su mejor amigo, Lampo) pasean por la cantera donde los atenienses recién derrotados mueren lentamente de sed e inanición, y ofrecen agua y queso a quienes sean capaces de recitar unos versos de Eurípides. Los atenienses son unos desgraciados, sí, pero… ¿Y lo bien que escriben sus poetas? Para rescatar las grandes tragedias de las garras del olvido, Gelón y Lampo están dispuestos a recurrir al talento de sus enemigos moribundos y a pedir favores en los rincones menos recomendables de Siracusa. Pero producir una obra de teatro no es tan fácil, y pronto su pequeña Odisea rebasará los límites del escenario. Con un doble dominio del momento histórico sobre el que escribe y desde el que escribe, Ferdia Lennon nos brinda una historia disparatada y atemporal que hará reír, llorar y aplaudir con entusiasmo a lectores de todos los gustos, desde Esquilo hasta Nick Hornby.
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«Locamente ambicioso, catártico como toda gran tragedia, pero también sorprendentemente divertido, este original debut es simplemente glorioso.» —Emma Donoghue
«Ferdia Lennon nos plantea unos dublineses que morarían entre los antiguos griegos. Estamos ante una novela muy especial, muy inteligente y muy entretenida.» —Roddy Doyle
«Atrevido y totalmente inesperado. Este libro me ha encantado. Una novela brillante sobre la amistad, el poder curativo del arte y por qué debemos luchar por nuestros sueños. Me enganchó desde la primera página» —Douglas Stuart
«Apesta a miseria, desesperación, amor, guerra, poesía, ambición temeraria, fracaso terrible y triunfo glorioso. En otras palabras, se trata de una novela repleta de clásicos. Una lectura deliciosa. Me ha encantado» —Jon McGregor
«¡Qué voz! ¡Qué historia! Un doble acto oscuramente divertido de Lampo y Gelón, intercalado entre la experiencia transformadora del teatro y el perdón a tus enemigos. Me encantó desde la primera línea.» —Claire Fuller