Title: Great read!
Review: I didn't expect this book to be that interesting, for who would care about Oedipus's passive wife, best known for wanting to avoid the truth and hanging herself? But Iokaste (not Jocasta!) is a really good read, snaring me with the first words of the prologue. Grossack and Underwood take a bit character and give her a voice, and I was impressed with the variety and the arcs of the other characters: Kreon, Laius, the different forms of the Tiresias, Niobe, Menoeceus and Antigone. I had a little trouble relating to Oedipus and the Sphinx; on the other hand, the riddle contest with Oedipus and the Sphinx was compelling, so maybe my judgment is somehow skewed. I can't hope for the continuing adventures of Iokaste - the poor woman is dead! - but I hope the authors will bring us back to Thebes.
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