The Black Amphora of Halicarnassus

About the Book

Gordon Bauer, a naïve young man from Illinois, moves to New York to study classics, but instead finds himself enmeshed in a mystery involving a dead professor, a missing Greek amphora, and a beguiling female journalist. Forced to grow up quickly in one amazing summer, he discovers that all knowledge does not come in bound volumes.

About the Author

Thomas Filbin’s book reviews and essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Globe, The Hudson Review, Artsfuse.org, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. He lives near Boston.