Homer scholar torches Nolan’s ODYSSEY

This might be a first. The London Review of Books was down for a few hours yesterday morning after traffic to Emily Wilson’s review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey crashed the site.

• ICYMI: Wilson, the first woman to publish an English translation of the epic poem, is atop bestseller lists as interest in the 3,000-year-old story is hotter than Helen of Troy.

Wilson’s review, too, is a scorcher. Right up top:

Unlike some of Nolan’s other films, The Odyssey is not boring, thanks to the source material, which is impossible to mess up entirely. It’s a family-friendly audiovi...