Akhenaten
Author: Dorothy Porter
Desc: Akhenaten is a fascinating shadowy figure in Egyptian history - archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest heresy androgyny and a massive cult of personality. Like Camus' celebrated Caligula Porter's Akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct a heretical religion around one Sun God with himself at the centre. Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obssessional erotic nature of its central figure. It is a towering achievement.