Modern Odysseus – a movie in book form

Modern Odysseus is a visionary creation by young author Julian Shaw of a movie in book form. Told in blinding poetic prose, Modern Odysseus creates a Lynchian world of distrust and soul-death, satirising the slick excesses of the 21st century.

Corporate burn-out Thomas Dedal has made a mint on the killing fields of W55th Street New York. But on the 16th of June, 2004, he is woken from his numbness by a reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Aided by a mysterious young man named Seb, Thomas decides to record the imagined and real events of the day in a journal, sketching out the shape of his spoiled soul. Thomas knows he has slowly murdered his imagination, and must bring it back to life by writing a perfect fable for his time.

Modern Odysseus features esteemed Australian actor Colin Friels in the lead role of Thomas. Modern Odysseus is Julian Shaw’s first book. Check out the book right here.

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