Is Christopher Logue a genius or a madman?

After Tim first brought my attention to this article, I went out and bought the book. It is really quite amazing. Rewriting the Iliad in this form merely emphasizes the incredible importance of that text as the best pre-Socratic artifact we have. The glimpses it gives into a world devoid of modern malaise suggests the possibility of "no salvation as salvation" that is written about below. Perhaps more importantly, it's a damn good story.