The Greek gods inadvertently wreak havoc on the mortal world in this hilarious debut novel set in modern-day London.Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a dilapidated hovel in North London with too many siblings and not enough hot water. For Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out... Until a meek cleaning lady and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives (an arrival orchestrated by a reluctant Eros, god of love) and turn the world literally upside down.
Wouldn't you act badly if you were one of a group of forgotten Greek gods now trying to make a living and maintain a dilapidated flat in London? Rosalyn Landor gives each god the respect he deserves and endows them all with varying shades of arrogance. Apollo, star of a TV show on psychics, is furious at the injustice of being spurned by Alice, a mortal, and of being robbed of his power by the other gods. Artemis, a dog walker who is well heeled, haughty, and judgmental, turns Neil, a mere mortal, into a hero. In addition to creating convincing portraits, Landor projects the author's considerable gift for irony. Her reading captures the humorous details that bridge the ancient past and the bizarre present. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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