Son of Nobody is by Yann Martel. A retelling of The Iliad combined with the story of a translator and his family. Harlow Donne is a Canadian who goes to Oxford to translate Greek relics. The Psoad is the story of the Trojan War as seen through the eyes of Psoas of Midea. Donne translates the fragments as he writes letters to his daughter Helen, to whom he dedicates his translation. The story alternates between Donne's point of view and that of Psoas and the other figures from Homer's tale. An interesting story. It made me want to pick up Homer's work again.
Ratings: 11th grade - 8 out of 10 - AC (mature thematic content) - P (profanity).
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