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An Arrow's Flight
Author: | Mark Merlis |
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St. Martin's Press, 1999 |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Fantasy |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Mythic Fiction (Fantasy) |
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Synopsis
An Arrow's Flight is a joyous and eccentric tour-de-force by the author of American Studies and Man About Town.
The siege of Troy has dragged on for ten years, with no end in sight, when an oracle supplies the Greeks with the recipe for victory. All they need is Pyrrhus, son of the fallen Achilles. But Pyrrhus has been putting his godlike form to profitable use as a go-go dancer in the big city. Why should he leave the party, give up his hard-bought freedom, just because some voice in a jar says he must strap on a suit of hand-me-down armor? Still, he has always known destiny had plans for him, some more glittering future than life as a used-up hustler on a park bench somewhere. So he sails for Troy, hoping to transform himself into the bronzed immortal history requires. Instead, on an unscheduled detour, he stumbles through his first lessons on how to be a man.
Magically blending ancient headlines and modern myth, Merlis creates a fabulous new world where legendary heroes declare their endowments in the personal ads and any panhandler just might be a divinity in disguise.
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