‘An engaging retelling of the whole story, neatly blending mythic archaism with modern psychodrama and satire’
Mary Beard, GUARDIAN
‘I’m awed by the web you’ve spun. Not only the beautiful complexities of it but the fine texture of the threads’
Ted Hughes
‘A triumph of retelling the ancient story…a readable and freshened version that keeps one turning the pages’
Alan Sillitoe
‘Wonderfully clear and dramatic’
OBSERVER
‘Expertly handled, drawing on the best of this classic tale and shaping it into a riveting page-turner well-suited to our times’
DAILY MAIL