{"product_id":"son-of-nobody","title":"Son of Nobody","description":"\u003ch4\u003eYann Martel | Paperback | March 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Man Booker Prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLife of Pi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ecomes a modern and imaginative retelling of the epic Trojan War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Stunningly imagined’ Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The past is never done with: always the song continues.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHarlow Donne has sacrificed his life to the study of the Classical world. So when he is invited to Oxford University to work on an obscure collection of papyrus fragments it is an academic’s dream come true. He must leave behind his daughter and wife in Canada, but offers like this don’t come twice and he badly needs a change of fortune. Then, while studying in the Bodleian Library, he unearths a completely undiscovered account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilisation itself. He names the poem The Psoad, after its protagonist, a commoner identified only as Psoas, the son of nobody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs sole translator and author of The Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter Helen, allowing the text to unlock the echoes of the ancient Greeks into the present day, and to share a personal message with his beloved child. Despite the two-thousand-year gap between the two, a thread hasn't frayed: the universal song of homesickness and regret, of ambition, love and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this masterpiece of myth, history and domesticity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSon of Nobody\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexplores how stories become facts, the price we pay to share them and how we live—then, now and always.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Perfect for readers who love history, myth, and philosophical storytelling.’\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eArtPlus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Ingenious… Martel bring[s] a witty freshness to standard elements of Homeric narrative.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The writing is—so often—brilliant...electrically charged.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Takes an iconic story –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Illiad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– and finds a way to retell it as gripping as it is original.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQANTAS Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e-----------\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYann Martel is the author of a short story collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and of five novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (for which he was awarded the 2002 Man Booker Prize), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeatrice \u0026amp; Virgil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSon of Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was adapted for the silver screen by Ang Lee, garnering four Oscars. Martel also ran a guerilla book club with Stephen Harper, sending the former prime minister of Canada a book every two weeks for four years. The letters that accompanied the books were published as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e101 Letters to a Prime Minister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Martel lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers and their four children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51221930279079,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/SonofNobody.jpg?v=1786938757","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/products\/son-of-nobody","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}