Have you read the Ides of March

you mean Shakespeare's play Caesar?

Brutus stabs Caesar 37 times. End of story.

I mean Thorton Wilders book (I assume they are at least slightly different not sure though). And I believe I requested non douchey answers. But at least we are getting somewhere.

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Procrasturbater wrote:

I mean Thorton Wilders book (I assume they are at least slightly different not sure though). And I believe I requested non douchey answers. But at least we are getting somewhere.

I NEVER thought I would get a chance to talk about one of Thornton Wilder's books! I'm a huge fan of the author, but I have only read Ides once, so I'm probably not going to be a huge help, I'll just five you what I recall in a stream of consciousness and hope you can find something meaningful in there

It is an epistolary novel (write in the form of letters between the characters) so it is told from the view point of several characters. It covers a several month span leading up the the assassination of Julius Caesar. As I recall the novel was primarily about Caesar and Cleopatra's relationship. The camera gets pulled out a little further in each part, so you see more of the story each of the four parts.

Several characters write to Lucius Turrinus, a friend of Caesar who lives in seclusion (exile?)

Caesar is a sympathetic character in the novel, but I tend to think so is the rest of the cast. Wilder was never one to demonize any of his characters, but he chose rather to flesh out their reasoning and emotions.

If you get the chance you really should read the novel, it is a pretty good look at a fictionalized Rome, if you are into that sort of thing. Ides isn't really one of Wilder's best works in my opinion. I'm much more a fan of The Bridge of San Luis Rey and The Eighth Day.

thanks P Whelan do you remember the reason for Caesars assination by chance? If you could throw out any more good info that would also be greatly appreciated.