Book Review: The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Ruminations on the accuracy of the novel's portrayal of modern classes in the classics.

The field of the classics has, as you may well know, been in a slump since education departments cut money out of the humanities and language programs. Something will happen in pop culture that brings eyes on the ancient world; we briefly discussed the impact that Ridley Scott’s Gladiator has had, but other media like the video game Hades and the concer…