· How the geeks saved the Greeks The Greek Gods are alive and living in North London. There seems no way out until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend. · Dec. 6, A tree meets a dog walker at the start of “Gods Behaving Badly,” Marie Phillips’s flossy, high-concept comic novel. “I’m Kate,” the tree says. “I work in mergers and Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. But 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 cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. "Gods Behaving Badly" is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.
Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips. 02 Monday Apr Posted by shaniquerae in Adult, Fantasy, Humour, Mythology, Romance. ≈ Leave a comment. Published in: Pages: Edition read: Hardcover. Book description: 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. ubThat's the premise of the intriguing debut novel Gods Behaving Badly by English author Marie Phillips. Devastatingly beautiful Aphrodite works as a phone sex operator. Dionysus is a nightclub DJ on a never-ending search for debauchery. Apollo is a cheesy television psychic. Artemis walks dogs. What if the Olympian Gods were alive and well and living in a run-down flat in North London? That's the premise of Marie Phillips brilliant debut novel "Gods.
Phillips conceived the idea for Gods Behaving Badly while listening to a philosophy teacher's comparison between the Christian God and those of the ancient world - she explains: "He was saying that the gods of the ancient world had flaws, they were more human, and I suddenly thought, what if they were right?. Dec. 6, A tree meets a dog walker at the start of “Gods Behaving Badly,” Marie Phillips’s flossy, high-concept comic novel. “I’m Kate,” the tree says. “I work in mergers and. But 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 cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives, and turn the world literally upside down. "Gods Behaving Badly" is that rare thing, a charming, funny, utterly original first novel that satisfies the head and the heart.
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