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The Silence of the Girls

Written by: Pat Barker
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
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Publisher's Summary

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker, read by Kristin Atherton and Michael Fox.

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration

Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the International DUBLIN Literary Award

There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . .

'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times

Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?
©2018 Pat Barker (P)2018 Penguin Audio
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Pat Barker is superlative

What an achievement this novel is for the gifted Ms. Barker. A memorable book. Extraordinary reworking of a great story.

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Reality vs fiction

A huge fan of Troy movie when I was teen, I never realised that this book is closure to what could have truly happened instead of the glorified movie

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