Odyssey
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  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405948401
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio CD
  • RRP: $55.00

Odyssey

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1 Oct 2024
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1 Oct 2024
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26 Sep 2024
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26 Sep 2024
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1 Oct 2024
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The epic FINAL chapter to Stephen Fry's outstanding retellings of the Greek Myths

Troy has fallen. After 10 years of war, the Greeks make their way back to their own lands – but what homes now await them? Agamemnon must return to his wife Clytemnestra, who has been nursing her rage since he sacrificed their daughter to the gods for a favourable wind. Her revenge will know no bounds.

Meanwhile, Odysseus has angered the god Poseidon and he is cursed to wander the seas, facing angry monsters and possessive demi-gods as he attempts to return to Ithaca and his patient, clever wife Penelope.
  • Published: 1 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405948401
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio CD
  • RRP: $55.00
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About the author

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead in 1957 and, following a troubled adolescence, went on to study English Literature at Queen's College, Cambridge. As well as being the bestselling author of four novels, The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus, and The Liar, and two volumes of his autobiography, Fry played Peter in Peter's Friends, Wilde in the film Wilde, Jeeves in the television series Jeeves & Wooster and (a closely guarded show-business secret, this) Laurie in the television series Fry & Laurie. More recently, he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. Before it was announced that Fry would retire as moderator, his legions of fans tuned in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director.

He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as Captain Melchett in Blackadder.

More recently he presented Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, his groundbreaking documentary on bipolar disorder, to huge critical acclaim. His legions of fans tune in to watch him host the popular quiz show QI each week.

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Praise for Odyssey

A sweeping, engrossing story

i

Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books . . . Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales. 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 highly engaging read

Observer

Imaginative

Daily Mail

Relatable and full of humour . . . Odyssey brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close

Guardian

Imaginative

Mail Online

[A] jaunty version of Homer. . . The last in Fry's four-book retelling of the Greek myths is relatable and full of humour

Guardian, Book of the Day

The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters

Daily Mail
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