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The Walled Orchard - Tom Holt

Description: ISBN 0349114528 / Author: Tom Holt / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... clever but often rather puerile Holt that you might have read before (especially if you`ve been following my reviews) this is ... more

... "the other side" of Tom Holt, where his academic background shines through.. The Walled Orchard is a mix of hillarious comedy and deep tragedy but as this is a holt they just can`t be seperate enterties they are twisted and entwined, your laughing, your crying, your feeling, and that`s what makes this book superb, it`ll touch you, it`ll open your mind, it`ll make you stop and think, and you`ll ultimately be glad of the experience.. We are treated to an evocation of life in Ancient Greece in the fifth ce...more

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The Walled Orchard - Tom Holt: A Hysterical Historical? (631 words)
by - written on 02/11/03 (Very useful, 51 readings)
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I think firstly I should point out just what this books is actually all about, It is infact the second volume of the ``Walled Orchard'' series (Goatsong being the first). Eupolis, Athenian comic playwright and rival of Aristophanes, continues relating the story he began in Goatsong. Joining the ill-fated expedition to Sicily, Eupolis is one of the few combatants to escape from the walled orchard where the troops have taken refuge. So, With a hero thats cynical,weary and believing only in Comedy and a heroine (or two) that`s at the height of her schizophrenic glory, I really did wonder what Tom Holt could pull out of the bag, I took a deep breath and ... Read the complete review

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