Poetic reimaging of events of Iphigenia at Aulis (through "flashbacks") and the first two plays of the Oresteia.

Clytemnestra's motivations were compellingly presented. Though Tóibín strays quite a bit from the myths/classics, he presents one of the most compelling cases for Electra's and Orestes's actions.

But this story is so different that I really wanted the novel to be far longer, to find out what happens to these versions of Electra and Orestes.