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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago

Giovanni Nucci, the author of The Gods at Six O'Clock, which explains the Iliad from the perspective of the gods, told Il Messaggero: "It's fantastic."

"I'd like to find the person caught red-handed and give him the book, because he'll have been arrested halfway through reading it. I'd like him to be able to finish it.

I like this writer

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 21 points 2 months ago

Mr Nucci said his personal favourite deity was Hermes, the god of thieves. 

"He is also the god of literature. It is clear: everything fits," he joked.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Can you think of a greater honor for an author than "your book is so good that a guy stopped burglarizing a home just to read it?"

[-] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Also:

He is said to have told police he had climbed the building to visit a person he knew.

"I thought I had ended up in a B&B, saw the book and started to read it."

Im not sure whether this guy really is a burglar or a troll.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 21 points 2 months ago

Just… take the book. 🤦‍♂️

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

It was so engrossing that he had to sit down and read it right there. It was that good.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 8 points 2 months ago

I'm trying to find an English copy 😅

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Don't keep it in your car. You might be driving down the road and glance at it. You won't be able to prevent what will happen next.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 5 points 2 months ago

I don’t know what happened officer, I have this book on tape and suddenly I was transported to Ancient Greece!!

[-] Pronell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Some good viral marketing right there!

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 months ago

So much for that "thieves don't read" meme.

[-] maniel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Now I want to read this book, sadly it seems like it's Italian only

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

The article is put together weirdly. It seems to jump from one point to another and back again

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe it's structured like the novel.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Bookstores in Iraq will never be the same.

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

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