# Ransom

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- Book: [Ransom](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-malouf/ransom) ([Ransom.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-malouf/ransom.md))
- Authors: [David Malouf](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-malouf)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9953-952-0
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2010-10-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this exquisite gem of a novel, David Malouf shines new light on Homer's Iliad , adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant. Lyrical, immediate and heartbreaking, Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature - themes of war and heroics, hubris and humanity, chance and fate, the bonds between soldiers, fathers and sons, all brilliantly recast for our times.