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May 17, 2016 marie phillips, author of gods behaving badly and the table of less valued knights recently featured on a cultured vultures recommendation list for excellent first time novels by. This energetic romp has the greek gods living in modernday hampstead. More recently she has worked as an independent bookseller whilst writing gods behaving badly. And there are gods of all sorts in neil gaimans nebula award winning novel. Dec 11, 2007 listen to gods behaving badly audiobook by marie phillips. From marie phillips, hailed by the guardian unlimited website as a hot author destined to break through in 2007, comes a highly entertaining novel set in north london, where the greek gods have been living in obscurity since the seventeenth ce. More recently she worked as an independent bookseller while writing gods behaving badly. British blogger phillips s delightful debut finds the greek gods and goddesses living in a. How did you feel about the novels irreverent take on the olympians. Gods behaving badly by marie phillips hachette book group.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Reviewers almost unanimously praise phillips s daring, highconcept premise and the wit and cleverness with which she recycles mythic tales and gives them a postmodern twist. Theres artemis, goddess of hunting, now a dog walker. There is a time for sitting in front of the screen trying to push on through, butmore heres something nobody told me. She studied anthropology and documentary making, and worked as a tv researcher for several years. It was selected for the atlantics 1book140 twitter book clubs book of the month for august 2011. This is the premise for gods behaving badly by marie philips. Yes, the twelve gods of olympus are alive and well in the twentyfirst century, but they are crammed together in a london townhouse and none too happy about it. Browse marie phillipss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles.
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The novel is a sheer delight and has cured me of my book reading blues. Marie phillips audio books, best sellers, author bio. Yes, the twelve greek gods of olympus are alive and well in the twentyfirst century, but they are crammed together in a london town houseand are none too happy about it. Its cute, its a little funny, its charming in its simplicity, it was enjoyable to read. Gods behaving badly is a great book, bringing to life a bunch of gods reluctantly sharing a house in london. My novels are gods behaving badly, the table of less valued knights and oh, i do like to be. Gods behaving badly by marie phillips overdrive rakuten. With a bit of sibling rivalry, some incestuous greek gods, and good ol contemporary london, phillips puts together an amusing epic journey with perhaps a bit less pizzazz than homer. What would the ancient gods of greece and rome do in todays 21st.
The greek gods, living in a crumbling tudor house in london for five hundred years, lead the kind of lives theyve always lived promiscuous and untrustworthy apollo, lascivious aphrodite though their powers have greatly diminished. A tree meets a dog walker at the start of gods behaving badly, marie phillipss flossy, highconcept comic novel. Download gods behaving badly author marie phillips. Marie phillips, a cambridge graduate, just 30, left her research job at the bbc to. There seems no way out until a meek cleaner and her wouldbe boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the. Gods behaving badly presents the greek gods in a very different light from the way they are depicted in most mythology books.
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Yes, the twelve gods of olympus are alive and well in the twentyfirst century. I also cowrote the bbc radio 4 series and book warhorses of letters, the bbc radio 4 series some hay in a manger, and was one of the contributors to the collection of spoof erotic essays, fifty shelves of grey as vanessa parody. They ve been here since the 17th century, when the plague was. British blogger phillipss delightful debut finds the greek gods and goddesses living in a. From marie phillips, hailed by the guardian unlimited website as a hot author destined to break through in 2007, comes a highly entertaining novel set in north london, where the greek gods have been living in obscurity since the seventeenth century. A novel and millions of other books are available for.
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