Reading : Song of Achilles

What do you think of when you think of the Greek mythological figure Achilles? The greatest warrior of the Trojan wars? A handsome golden haired, one-man cruel killing machine with a sadistic streak?
Debut novelist, Madeline Miller casts him into the romantic lead of this piece of wonderful piece of fiction which breathes life into the Greek heroes.

*Winner of the Orange Prize for fiction 2012*