The story takes place in a single day.  Adam Godley, a famous mathematician is dying, and his family and friends are gathered about his deathbed.  We are mostly (always?) with our (mostly) omnipotent narrator, the god Hermes.  Oh, yes, the Greek gods are real, and apparently bored, because they like to spend time fucking with mortals.  (And also fucking them, but that’s not the main point here.  Or is it?)  Being omnipotent, Hermes can jump into other people’s minds and discover and relay what they […]