Odyssey

Odyssey completes his Greek Myths series in marvellous fashion… Fry, a born storyteller, succeeds again in making the ancient stories accessible, gently modernising the language and dotting his journey with explanatory and often amusing footnotes * Irish Independent *Relatable and full of humour … Odyssey brings [the] four-book sequence satisfyingly to a close * Guardian *Outstandingly entertaining quartet of books … Fry breathes contemporary relevance into these ancient tales. As with his previous titles, he combines scholarly research with a lightness of touch, and his wry sense of humour and natural gift for storytelling make for a highly engaging read * Observer *A sweeping, engrossing story * i *Imaginative * Daily Mail *The familiar narrative bounds along in a chatty style, coloured with mildly revisionist insights into the characters * Daily Mail *Accessible storytelling and Fry brings warmth, exuberance and humour. Hard to beat * Guardian *A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best … the gods will be pleased * The Times *A head-spinning marathon of legends * Guardian *An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant - all hail Stephen Fry * Daily Mail *

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Liar, The Hippopotamus, Making History and The Stars’ Tennis Balls - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos, Heroes and Troy, his retelling of the Greek myths, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.