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In his brilliant rendering of eight books of Homer's Iliad, Logue here retells some of the most evocative episodes of the war classic, including the death of Patroclus and Achilles's fateful return to battle, that sealed the doom of Troy. Compulsively readable, Logue's poetry flies off the page, and his compelling descriptions of the horrors of war have a surreal, dreamlike quality that has been compared to the films of Kurosawa. Retaining the great poem's story line but rewriting every incident, Logue brings the Trojan War to life for modern audiences.
Current to-do stack, only done with 3 of 6. War Music is next, and Logue's already stopped my blood cold with lines like: "Down on your knees, Achilles. Farther down."
War Music: An Account of Books 1-4 and 16-19 of Homer's Iliad | 
