Person: Pat Barker

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<p>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</p>

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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

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Fertile tradition of retelling epic poems of Homer is revived

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Beginner’s Pluck: Eleanor Fitzsimons

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Book review: The Buried Giant

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Changing faces of war

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In Zodiac Light

Rushdie best of the Bookers

SALMAN Rushdie’s novel, Midnight’s Children, has been named the greatest Booker-prize winner of all time.

Fri, 11 Jul, 2008

Robinson makes Light work of double

Philip Robinson spoiled the party for punters – including supporters of Derby winner North Light – as he rode a 220-1 double in the two Group races at Sandown this evening.

Tue, 31 May, 2005

Person: Pat Barker

Book review: Tribulations of men a Greek myth

Fertile tradition of retelling epic poems of Homer is revived

Beginner’s Pluck: Eleanor Fitzsimons

Book review: The Buried Giant

Changing faces of war

In Zodiac Light

Rushdie best of the Bookers

Robinson makes Light work of double

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Mick Clifford

Person: Pat Barker

Book review: Tribulations of men a Greek myth

Fertile tradition of retelling epic poems of Homer is revived

Beginner’s Pluck: Eleanor Fitzsimons

Book review: The Buried Giant

Changing faces of war

In Zodiac Light

Rushdie best of the Bookers

Robinson makes Light work of double

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Mick Clifford

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