by Matt Ruff
My favourite re-imagining of a myth. St. George slays his dragon and wins his princess with the help of a meddler, lazy monkeys, magic and love.
"You GOTTA read this book," a friend and soon-to-be fellow-Cornellian said with some urgency when he learned that I had enrolled at Cornell University, some 10+ years ago now. Devouring the book almost in one piece once I had started to read it, I soon understood what he meant. As others have pointe...