Review of Epic of Gilgamesh

A 4,700 year old tale from Mesopotamia featuring kings, wild men, fearsome ogres, and the ever-elusive quest for immortality. It's an astounding bit of fortune that enough fragments have been found (and painstakingly translated) to put together a cohesive storyline, much less make it an enthralling read... never-the-less I found myself sitting in Starbucks, glued to the pages and desperate to know what was going to happen next.