{"product_id":"martials-epigrams-isbn-9780143116271","title":"Martial's Epigrams","description":"One of literature's greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial's short and shapely thrusts. Martial's Epigrams \"bespeaks a great scholar at play\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e\"This collection bespeaks a great scholar at play. Recreational classicists should feel flattered that [Wills] wants them to watch.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, wicked, and fresh, these epigrams . . . will give the reader plenty of smiles.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302783406309,"sku":"NP9780143116271","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143116271.jpg?v=1767732296","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/martials-epigrams-isbn-9780143116271","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}