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If you ever wanted a Homeric jump-start, this is your book

A review of The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters, by Adam Nicolson. A primer, a travel book, an exorcism and meditation and a séance

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issue 17 May 2014
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  • The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters

    Adam Nicolson

    William Collins, pp. 314

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