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GRETTIR'S SAGA - A NEW TRANSLATION BY JESSE BYOCK

.................................................................... . Published by Oxford University Press, Pounds

.................................................................... . GRETTIR'S Saga is a tale of blood feuds, rape and plunder, raids on isolated farms and outlawry in Viking Iceland.

It recounts the exploits and feats of arms of Grettir, a high born Icelandic man who turns out to become a tall, heavy but skilful fighting machine.

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When Grettir kills one man one too many , he is exiled to Scandinavia.

But when he kills and the killing is not avenged because he kills the avengers in a spinning cycle of revenge, then he is banished to be an outlaw for 20 y...

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