Troy by Stephen Fry

A fun book discussion hosted at an awesome pub. What more could you want?

(Also! After the book discussion from 7:30 - 8:30 those who wish to may share a one-page short story based on the following prompt: "The Trojan horse is old news. How are you breaking into Troy?" Write whatever you want based on the prompt. The word-count is normally up to a page long, but do whatever you wish!)

From Goodreads:

The story of Troy speaks to all of us—the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between allies, whose consequences become tragedies.

In Troy you will find heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore, that still speak to us today.