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John Spurling is an award-winning historical novelist and playwright whose plays have been performed on TV, radio and stage, including at the National Theatre. Among his novels are The Ten Thousand Things, which was highly acclaimed and won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, A Mirror for Monkeys, and his first volumes of retellings of Greek myths, Arcadian Nights and Arcadian Days. He has reviewed for a range of newspapers, magazines and BBC radio, and was for twelve years the art critic of the New Statesman. He lives in London and formerly in Arcadia, Greece, and is married to the biographer Hilary Spurling.
'Arcadian Nights is a brilliant, riveting book that leaves its competitors behind, blinking into the distance, as surely as Theseus left Ariadne' * TLS * 'This book shines... seamlessly interweaving personal and historical perspectives... Arcadian Nights is good fun' * Historical Novels Review * 'Classicists and non-classicists alike will love Arcadian Nights... a great book' * Oxford Today * 'The Greek myths are dusted off from old college readers like Edith Hamilton's Mythology and given new life in this fantastic collection... Well-written, Arcadian Nights will be difficult to put down' * New York Journal of Books * 'An excellent read that examines the intricacies of storytelling and the complexities of human nature' * Helena Gumley-Mason, The Lady * 'Spurling is a first-rate storyteller and this collection should delight everyone from the scholar of Greek myths to one reading them for the first time' * We Love This Book *
