num_pages: 169
description: In the mid-1930s, two Irish-American scholars arrive in a small town in Northern Albania to carry out research on the surviving tradition of spoken verse epics, recording the last of the wandering ballad-mongers. They hope to solve the mystery of Homer's authorship of The Iliad and The Odyssey.
language: English
title: The File on H
titlecomplete: The File on H
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Albanian Literature, European Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Modern, Historical, Novels
ratings_count: 1022
places: Balkans, Albania
publisher: The Harvill Press