Some actors are not made to play mere mortals. Their looks are otherworldly, their presence imbued with that rare mystique. In the parlance of the young, they are pure aura and total rizz. And they’re ...

Greek gods are often lusty, belligerent, stubborn and selfish. For her debut novel, “Olympus, Texas” (Doubleday, 336 pp., ★★★ out of four), Stacey Swann reimagines them as residents of the Lone Star ...