Gods Behaving Badly, by Marie Phillips

Apparently, Greek gods are pretty badly-behaved creatures. I say apparently, because… oh all right, I admit it. I know fuck-all about Greek mythology. I know I should. I don’t. But that’s one of the many beauties of Marie Phillips' debut novel. You don’t need to know anything about Artemis, Apollo, Aphrodite or the rest in order to enjoy Gods Behaving Badly. But the high-falutin’ subject matter means the book will also appeal to all those classically-educated people eager to have intelligent conversations about, um, all those allusions Ms Phillips makes to… er… well, I didn’t say I’d talk about that stuff, did I?

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