The Golden Mean (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Aristotle: Philosopher, physicist, tutor to King Philip III's mentally challenged son Arrhidaeus and then to the boy's younger brother Alexander (who later becomes Alexander the Great).
• Alexander: Although the novel focuses on Aristotle, his brass young pupil is certainly not left in the shadows - his odd relationship with his mother, his composure around his peers, his 'soldier's heart'... Lyon's Alexander is interesting and unpredictable.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Annabel Lyon (Author) - At the annual Writers' Trust Awards gala in Toronto, Canada, Annabel Lyon nabbed the $25,000 fiction prize for "The Golden Mean" - the three juror's said this of the novel: "In this alarmingly confident and transporting debut novel, Lyon offers us that rarest of treats: A book about philosophy, about the power of ideas, that chortles and sings like an earthy romance." Lyon is now working on a sequel to the novel, a look at Aristotle's daughter's (Pythia) experiences after his death and the options women in general had during this time period in Ancient Greece.

Awards edit see section history

• Writers' Trust Award (November 2009: Fiction)
• Governor General’s Literary Award (Shortlisted)
• Amazon Best of the Month (September 2010, #5)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary