Brian Martin

A death foretold: The Voyage Home, by Pat Barker, reviewed

Cassandra prophesies Agamemnon’s death as punishment for his crimes in Troy. But she knows that she too must share his fate -- since ‘you can’t cherry-pick prophecy’

A funerary mask, reputedly of Agamemnon. [Getty Images]
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  • The Voyage Home

    Pat Barker

    Hamish Hamilton, pp. 336, £20

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