The Flowers of Adonis free on Kindle

[hedgebird]

Sticktap to sineala again: The Flowers of Adonis ebook is temporarily free on Amazon US, UK, and Canada at least, so check your local.

Flowers is a 1969 adult (i.e. added sex and pessimism) novel told from the perspectives of about a dozen supporting characters who encounter Alkibiades, the Athenian golden boy who rebooted the Peloponnesian War and

Comments

[isiscolo]

I wish you wrote the blurbs for ALL THE BOOKS.

[hedgebird]

Hah, thank you.

[fredbassett]

Thanks so much for this! I haven't read the book for 35 years so will enjoy doing so again. For all his faults I find Alcibiades fascinating. Have you read the recent bookk on him? I'm in bed at the moment but will pop back in with the authors name when I'm up.

[hedgebird]

Enjoy! No, I haven't kept up with my studies at all. I find the guy pretty punch-in-the-faceable, but I'm certainly no expert so I'm willing to have my mind changed.

[fredbassett]

I find him fascinating, partly because he's so full of contradictions.

The recent book I got that's pretty good is:

Alcibiades: Athenian playboy, general and traitor by PJ Rhodes.

It's well worth getting. A pretty balanced view.

[hedgebird]

Thank you!