Heroes

Stephen Fry Michael Joseph €18.99 In this companion volume to last year’s Mythos, Fry turns his attention to the heroes of Greek mythology and their myriad adventures. Here, indeed, be monsters, along with murderers and machinating gods. Oedipus, Jason and his Argonauts, the labours of Heracles, Orpheus’s descent into the underworld... they’re all retold in a way that wisely focuses on plot rather than meaning. Fry is a personable, passionate narrator but occasionally his narrative enthusiasm results in a confusing blizzard of names.

Simon Humphreys