In this brilliant retelling of the classic Greek myth of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra Toibin explores the effects of excessive patriarchal power on a wife’s thwarted ambition, leading to family intrigue, betrayal, bloodshed and forced exile. The tragedy unfolds as a first person narrative by the three guilty family members as they take their violent revenge. It feels intimate, modern and contemporary and therefore all the more chilling. I absolutely loved it.
(Denise Lewis - bwl 120 Spring 2026 ) |
