<p><span class="a-text-bold">THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE LOVER OF GREEK MYTHS -<br><br>CAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME?</span><span><br><br>The </span><span class="a-text-bold">most famous heroic story of all time,</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-italic">Odyssey</span><span> is chock full of </span><span class="a-text-bold">monsters, murder, maelstroms,</span><span> gods, giants, wit, wisdom – and </span><span class="a-text-bold">the most cunning hero</span><span> of them all: Odysseus<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books </span><span>. . . Fry </span><span class="a-text-bold">breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales . . . </span><span>his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a</span><span class="a-text-bold"> highly engaging read' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Observer</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'[A] jaunty version of Homer. . . </span><span>The last in Fry’s four-book retelling of the Greek myths is </span><span class="a-text-bold">relatable and full of humour'</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian, Book of the Day</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">'</span><span>The familiar narrative</span><span class="a-text-bold"> bounds along in a chatty style, </span><span>coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters</span><span class="a-text-bold">'</span><span> </span><span class="a-text-italic">Daily Mail</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">----</span><span><br>Setting sail, hero Odysseus dreams of lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus a warrior’s ways. However, gods toy with the desires of little mortals. Angered by this upstart’s presumption, Poseidon – God of the ocean realms – curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years.<br><br>Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man’s endurance.<br><br>Yet he is no mere mortal – and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever closer to home and his destiny . . .<br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A tale of love and longing, return and redemption, home and hope, Stephen Fry’s </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Odyssey</span><span class="a-text-bold"> sees the author and national treasure weave together the final fabulous threads of the tapestry begun in worldwide bestseller, </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Mythos.</span><span class="a-text-bold"> It is a story for the ages – and </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">all</span><span class="a-text-bold"> ages.</span><span><br>----<br></span><span class="a-text-italic">'Odyssey</span><span> completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Irish Independent</span><span><br><br>'Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myths series:</span><span><br><br>'Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased' </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span><span><br><br>'Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Daily Mail</span><span><br><br>'A head-spinning marathon of legends' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br><br>'A rollicking good read' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Independent</span><span><br><br>'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' </span><span class="a-text-italic">Evening Standard<br><br><br>Sunday Times</span><span> bestseller, October 2024<br></span></p>
<h3><span>Review</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span class="a-text-italic">Odyssey</span><span> completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion. . . Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Irish Independent</span><span><br><br>Relatable and full of humour . . . </span><span class="a-text-italic">Odyssey</span><span> brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books </span><span>. . . Fry </span><span class="a-text-bold">breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales.</span><span> As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a</span><span class="a-text-bold"> highly engaging read</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Observer</span><span><br><br>A sweeping, engrossing story ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">i</span><span><br><br>Imaginative ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Daily Mail</span><span><br><br>The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Daily Mail</span><span><br><br>Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">Praise for Stephen Fry's Greek Myth retellings</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">-</span><span><br><br>A </span><span class="a-text-bold">romp </span><span>through the lives of </span><span class="a-text-bold">ancient Greek gods</span><span>. Fry is at his </span><span class="a-text-bold">story-telling best </span><span>. . .</span><span class="a-text-bold"> the gods will be pleased</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span><span><br><br></span><span class="a-text-bold">A head-spinning marathon of legends</span><span> ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span> </div> <h3><span>About the Author</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span>Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in </span><span class="a-text-italic">A Bit of Fry and Laurie</span><span> (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and </span><span class="a-text-italic">Jeeves and Wooster</span><span> and was unforgettable as General Melchett in </span><span class="a-text-italic">Blackadder</span><span>. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Liar</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Hippopotamus</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Making History</span><span> and </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Stars' Tennis Balls</span><span> - as well as three volumes of autobiography - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Moab is My Washpot</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Fry Chronicles</span><span> and </span><span class="a-text-italic">More Fool Me</span><span>.</span><span class="a-text-italic"> Mythos, Heroes </span><span>and </span><span class="a-text-italic">Troy</span><span>, his retelling of the Greek myths, are all </span><span class="a-text-italic">Sunday Times</span><span> bestsellers.</span> </div>
