The Wreckage of Agathon Author:John Gardner 2500 years ago the philosopher Agathon, a cross between the Marx Brothers and Socrates, was thrown into prison for loudly, rudely and wisely protesting Lykourgos' fanatical policy of law and order in Sparta. In this wry, funny and beautifully-wrought novel, John Gardner creates an ancient world that is frighteningly like modern-day you-know-... more »where, where the problems of who rules and how, what are the responsibilities of power and what should its limitations be, are dissected with wisdom and brilliance. This book will make you laugh; it will make you gasp; but most of all it will make you think.« less