What an absolute blinder of a book! Glorious Exploits is a refreshingly unique take on the current trend for novels set in Ancient Greece. It chooses a bold historical setting: the aftermath of Athen’s most infamous disaster, the Sicilian expedition, where thousands of Athenians lost their lives and several thousand were imprisoned in stone quarries near Syracuse. And in this grim war-ravaged setting it creates a story both laugh-out-loud funny and brutal: we follow Syracusan Lampo as he and his pal Gelon attempt to stage two plays by Euripides (Medea and Trojan Women). The catch? Well, Lampo and Gelon are but lowly unemployed potters, fond of the drink. And they’ve decided the only proper way to stage Euripides is with an Athenian cast..

There’s so much to enjoy with this book! It isn’t your typical historical novel, and Lampo’s voice as narrator is a delight - terrible, authentic, crude, pathetic, hilarious - with an irish-pattered dialogue so real you can almost hear it. There’s no expectation that the reader knows any of the ancient historical details to enjoy it. And as an added bonus, it introduces Euripides’ work to a whole new audience (Lampo’s initial opinion of the Trojan Women is spot on!)

This book is set in Syracuse, is a brutal, fun, hilarious, gory and horrific book. Yes is all that I did enjoy it lots I like the characters Lampo and Galón and I like the message in the whole book. Is such a vibrant and real narrative. My favourite character is definitely Lampo. I like the story is tell by different characters and I do Belive this book will become a favourite of many readers For me is a book that worth be read big shout out and thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Fig tree to the access to this ARC.