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Concerning the misadventrues of a traveler in Thessaly, land of witches, whose obsessions with sex and magic turn tragic (for him, comic for us) when he accidentally turns himself into an ass.
The only surviving Roman novel is 95% a ridiculous and fun work of horror, comedy, social commentary, and pornography. Towards the end it turns sharply towards religious conversion in manner that will have you feeling like Jehovah's Witnesses just interrupted your football game.
I get that a lot of the author's journey is metaphorical, and that the religion is the point, I just don't care. Much like A CLOCKWORK ORANGE centuries later, you like the narrator a lot more when he is being bad.
Well worth the read though, both for the look into the Greco-Roman world, faux-Egyptian mystery cults, and just for a romp.
Last edited by cachibatches; 03-26-2015 at 03:02 AM..
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