Author Martel to discuss new book at Kingston event

While one of Homer’s epic poems was turned into one of the biggest movies of the year, The Odyssey, his other famous work inspired one of this year’s most talked-about novels.It was after reading Stephen Mitchell’s translation of The Iliad that bestselling Canadian author Yann Martel – who will be the featured guest of a Kingston WritersFest event Wednesday evening at The Spire – hatched the idea for what would become his newest novel, Son of Nobody.“It&rsquo