No-Man's Lands

NO-MAN’S LANDS: ONE MAN’S ODYSSEY THROUGH THE ODYSSEY: Scott Huler: Crown: Nonfiction: 286 pages

While reading Ulysses, Scott Huler becomes fascinated with the story on which it’s based, The Odyssey, and sets out to retrace the famous journey through the Mediterranean. Without arranging lodging or transportation beforehand, Huler travels to Troy, visits the Cyclops’ cave, paddles out toward Scylla and Charybdis, and wends his way through the famous epic. As he travels, Huler reflects on the parallels between the journey Odysseus takes and the universal journey to and through adulthood. Entirely entertaining and informative, Huler will leave readers reaching for their own copies of The Odyssey, which any school teacher can attest is no small feat.

MBC