Winner of this year's Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, a tragicomic tale of two unemployed potters in ancient Syracuse who decide to stage two of Euripides' greatest tragedies in a quarry, using Athenian prisoners of war. A tale of brotherhood, war, art, and what happens when contemporary Irish dialect meets the ancients. With host Alex Preston.

Ferdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. A Sunday Times bestseller, it was adapted for BBC Radio 4 and was the winner of the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024. After spending many years in Paris, he now lives in Norwich with his wife and son.

Alex Preston writes for the Observer and the Guardian. His books include In Love and War; As Kingfishers Catch Fire; and Winchelsea. Alex lives in Kent.

Photo Ferdia Lennon © Connor Horgan