The Hero Enkidu

Lewis Turco, on the other hand, appears to have
combined the longevity of Utnapishtim with the energy and industry of
Gilgamesh: once seized with inspiration, he wrote The Hero Enkidu at white
heat in his eightieth year. The inspiration itself is of the kind that, once
someone has come up with it, makes us wonder why no one ever thought
of it before, because in a number of ways Enkidu is a more interesting and
attractive figure than Gilgamesh.