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A translation of bawdy and biting epigrams by the first-century satirist draws on an extensive body of poetic works that served as a scathing social commentary that has remained relevant to modern readers, in a volume that seeks to preserve Martial's piercing language choices.
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Garry Wills is one of the most respected writers on religion today. He is the author of Saint Augustine’s Childhood, Saint Augustine’s Memory, and Saint Augustine’s Sin, the first three volumes in this series, as well as the Penguin Lives biography Saint Augustine. His other books include “Negro President”: Jefferson and the Slave Power, Why I Am a Catholic, Papal Sin, and Lincoln at Gettysburg, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
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