A genre-bending retelling of The Odyssey, Army of the Brave and
Accidental is a modern fable: a story about relationships, parenthood,
and trying to have an impact on the world told from the shifting
perspectives of ten characters. A hundred years after James Joyce
stitched together a version of the epic tale, Canadian writer and
essayist Alex Boyd updates the story as a reflection of Canadian
twenty-first-century culture, allowing it to take a radically different
cultural snapshot. These reimaginings newly create and colour a
contemporary view of modern love without compromising any of the
pitfalls or exaltations.
Army of the Brave and Accidental is funny, deft, wise and poetic all
at once. The epic spans major cities such as Toronto and New York and is
a coming-of-age story, a journey, a love story and a tragi-comedy.