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Jun 22, 2018SPPL_MattM rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A lost (or forged) Shakespeare play presented with a memoir and wrapped in a novel. Anyone with a keen interest in Shakespeare will either find this exciting.
Oct 21, 2017
Arthur and his sister have a final request from their father - one that is either a great gift ... or a great con.
Aug 18, 2011bibliofinn rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Full marks for audacity, but despite occasional flashes of brilliance, the prose plods along. The ideas are stimulating and ultra-brainy, but are let down by pedestrian style.
ksoles
Aug 11, 2011ksoles rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Why does a million-dollar work of art become valueless when some expert exposes it as a forgery? What differentiates "real" from "fake"? How does one prove authorship? Arthur Phillips' newest novel blurs, or rather obliterates, the…
Melbergo
Aug 05, 2011Melbergo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips is an amazing piece of FICTION. It is important that you be reminded that this is FICTION. As one review wrote, “Phillips mocks memoir writing while writing a memoir, though this memoir, about…
Aug 02, 2011AnneDromeda rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Hipster-lit author Arthur Phillips (*The Song is You*, *Prague*) has spent the last decade being lauded for his dark sense of humour and high-brow blend of indie- and pop-culture sensibilities. His new offering, *The Tragedy of Arthur,*…
May 28, 2011
"Easily one of the most-heralded novels of the season, and deservedly so. Indeed, its achievement surpasses a merely entertaining academic romp. In bright and rangy prose, and endlessly playing on some of Shakespeare’s recurrent motifs and…
May 25, 2011Peregrine rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A complex, layered tale of three Arthurs - the narrator, his father, and the ancient British king. Arthur, the narrator, has a difficult relationship with his father, a skilled forger, and when his father's final gift to him is a lost…
May 10, 2011EmilyEm rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
What I like about reading Arthur Phillips' books: every one is a different imaginative journey written with great flair and verve. And, he always includes his hometown, Minneapolis, somewhere in the story! His latest is another wonderful…