Allan Suarez, 25, an airline worker returning from holiday with his girlfriend, would have delayed his homecoming were it not for his job.
We all know about the war hero's wily deeds: the cunning plan with the wooden horse, his prowess in battle, the catastrophes and adventures that delay his homecoming.
That book slick, dead-pan, laced with a great deal of North-of-England vernacular, and aggressively opposed to any kind of smooth, self-consciously literary English came as a breath of fresh air amid a great deal of worthy fustian.Mr Armitage has penned a version of Homer's second epic which deals with the long-delayed homecoming of Odysseus from the Trojan wars.
Originally scheduled to return at the beginning of June, Peake's homecoming was delayed when the launch of his replacement crew was pushed back.
When the national team qualified for the 1998 World Cup, the first time since the Islamic revolution, thanks to a play-off triumph in Australia, the players' homecoming was delayed in case celebrations on the street got out of hand.
(A senior member of Mr. Musharraf's party here in Pakistan told me the triumphal homecoming had been delayed after the generals delivered a message that he was to stay away for now).
Her homecoming, however, was to be delayed.
"This was one of the most bizarre, unique days of my life with everything that happened," said James, referring to a homecoming in which a fan ran onto the floor and the opening tip was delayed 35 minutes by a leaky scoreboard.
This was homecoming as dissent.
He was also Homecoming King.
