Olympus, Texas: A Novel (Unabridged)
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3.9 • 8 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick! • A bighearted novel with technicolor characters, plenty of Texas swagger, and a powder keg of a plot in which marriages struggle, rivalries flare, and secrets explode, all with a clever wink toward classical mythology.
For fans of Madeline Miller's Circe: "The Iliad meets Friday Night Lights in this muscular, captivating debut" (Oprah Daily).
The Briscoe family is once again the talk of their small town when March returns to East Texas two years after he was caught having an affair with his brother's wife. His mother, June, hardly welcomes him back with open arms. Her husband's own past affairs have made her tired of being the long-suffering spouse. Is it, perhaps, time for a change? Within days of March's arrival, someone is dead, marriages are upended, and even the strongest of alliances are shattered. In the end, the ties that hold them together might be exactly what drag them all down.
An expansive tour de force, Olympus, Texas cleverly weaves elements of classical mythology into a thoroughly modern family saga, rich in drama and psychological complexity. After all, at some point, don't we all wonder: What good is this destructive force we call love?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A wild, dysfunctional, and misbehaving Texas family gives the Greek gods a run for their money. Stacey Swann’s boisterous Southern drama revolves around philandering patriarch Peter Briscoe, his angry wife, June, and his brood of children (legitimate and otherwise). The drama kicks off when reckless son March returns home from a two-year exile for really crossing the line. We loved connecting the dots between each of the Briscoes and their corresponding deities, but you don’t have to be a mythology buff to enjoy Swann’s debut. She brings so much compassion to her characters and their outrageous, often funny melodrama. Narrator Karissa Vacker is fantastic at portraying each larger-than-life family member while still giving us a sense of their underlying humanity. Olympus, Texas is a down-home joy.
