Loved this book- would I have as much if I wasn't obsessed with the Odyssey (yes, I've read it at least 10 times and anything else related to it that I can get my hands on)? I'm not sure. But Mason's writing is so beautifully imaginative and dream-like. The concept, that 44 additional books of the Odyssey were uncovered- some fragmented- many written at various times & places- allows telling from fresh perspectives, new beginnings and endings, and gorgeous meditations on the "truth" (or the perfectness of their being no truth) of the original.