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Old 06-28-2012, 07:38 AM   #33
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.

I've always struggled with "The Classics", but this is a wonderful re-telling of The Iliad. It's in a modern idiom, but manages (I feel) to retain the atmosphere of the original superbly.
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