September Book: Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

Welcome to our September Book Club event!

The theme for this month is Debut Novels. The book we are reading is Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon.

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.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127278133-glorious-exploits

Happy reading!

It is best to read the book before you come along as we are going to discuss the plot and there will be spoilers

*price of the book club is the cost of your drink/snack of choice from the cafe