Book review: Tribulations of men a Greek myth

In Pat Barker’s salty retelling, Homeric grandees like Odysseus, Paris, and Achilles are dismissed in passing as venal brutes
Book review: Tribulations of men a Greek myth

Pat Barker’s target in these books is war, a male obsession for which females tend to pay dearly.File picture: David Levenson/Getty Images

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