Dedalus Kitap Spectacular Victories

“brave and totally unexpected, i loved this novel. a brilliant novel about friendship, the healing power of art and the value of fighting for our dreams. it captivated me from the first page.” – douglas stuart

Ferdia lennon, with striking sensitivity, has penned this mischievous and delicately crafted story, which sprouts in the shadow of war prisoners, becoming one of the brightest new voices in irish literature. it begins in sicily, at the stone quarry where the syracusans took the athenian rebels as prisoners.Spectacular VictoriesIt is shaped by the decision of lampo and gelon, two potters whose fates are closely intertwined, to stage a full-fledged production of medea. this novel, which examines how art re-creates a person, the limits of freedom, and the inevitable need for another, also reveals the tragicomic aspects of the human soul as it steps across that indeterminate threshold between bondage and liberation. agile but harsh, melancholic but resilient, touching but inevitably funny.Spectacular VictoriesIt delivers everything you'd expect from a tragedy: it shakes you to your core, it devastates, and ultimately, it leaves you applauding in stunned silence.