false 2199365 097888115X 9780978881153 37 14 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2199365.The_Lost_Books_of_The_Odyssey_A_Novel 996279 Zachary Mason 37 14 5 2 false Wed Jun 11 23:28:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 23:40:58 -0700 2008
What if Odysseus was a coward, whose actions ultimately resulted in the defeat of both sides, and he spent the next ten years disguised as a bard, telling the tale that became the Odyssey that we know today? What if he was a sorcerer who fashioned Achilles out of clay and gave him life by the light of a full moon? What if Penelope gave up hope and killed herself, and Odysseus encountered her shade in the land of the dead? What if it was Odysseus who secretly married Helen, and not Menelaus? What if Paris was the guise worn by Death, and Troy was his citadel of the dead? What if the real reason Odysseus suffered so many trials on his journey home was because he'd rejected the advances of Athena?

Also, the writing is phenomenal. A great read, I can't recommend this enough.]]>