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The Tragedy of Arthur

The Tragedy of Arthur

Phillips, Arthur

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0812977920
ISBN13: 9780812977929
Publisher: Random House Group
Published: Feb 21 2012
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.23 Depth: 8.02
Language: English

The Tragedy of Arthur is an emotional and elaborately constructed tour de force from one of the best writers in America (The Washington Post). Its doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young novelist struggling with a con artist father who works wonders of deception. Imprisoned for decades and nearing the end of his life, Arthur's father reveals a treasure he's kept secret for half a century: The Tragedy of Arthur, a previously unknown play by William Shakespeare. Arthur and his twin sister inherit their father's mission: to see the manuscript published and acknowledged as the Bard's last great gift to humanity . . . unless it's their father's last great con. By turns hilarious and haunting, this virtuosic novel, which includes Shakespeare's (?) lost play in its entirety, brilliantly subverts our notions of truth, fiction, genius, and identity, as the two Arthurs--the novelist and the ancient king--play out their strangely intertwined fates.

A New York Times Notable Book - A New Yorker Reviewers' Favorite of the Year - A Wall Street Journal Best Novel of the Year - A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year - A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year - A Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year - A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year - One of Salon's five best novels of the year

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