To Madeline Miller's THE SONG OF ACHILLES

An enormous congratulations to Madeline Miller (whom I met at the wonderful Booktopia Vermont event in April) for winning the Orange Prize for Fiction, with her debut novel, The Song of Achilles.



From her website, a brief description (and trailer, below):

Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the
epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating
love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and
glory, immortal fame and the h...