She does terrible things to them and their children. But he is homesick and wants to leave. My friends want to go out with her too, but she will turn them into pigs. The Secret History , by Donna Tartt murder and mayhem among a small group of students of ancient Greek at a loosely-disguised Bennington College. Don t try this at home.
Parts are very funny, parts very sad.
A good book to work through over the summer. Videos available, in children s section of Emma Clark and other libraries. The King Must Die , others, by Mary Renault about Crete and the Minotaur. Very popular when first published. Zorba the Greek , others, by Nikos Kazantzakis.