The Tragedy of Arthur (Hardcover) by Arthur Phillips

from ahegge

The Tragedy of Arthur is a unique and interesting novel. The novel is innovatively structured as the introduction to a "new" Shakespeare play and tells the story of the discovery of the play. The "introduction" is essentially Arthur's memoir and discusses his childhood growing up with a twin sist...

from auntmarge64

Another tour-de-force from Phillips, who here gives his main character his own name, history, and accomplishments to explore the family history of a respected writer whose master-forger father owns what appears to be a genuine, 1597 quarto edition of an unknown Shakespearean play, "The Tragedy of...

from jasonlf

Arthur Phillips is our most reliable creator of unreliable narrators. And in the case of this book, it is "Arthur Phillips" himself who narrates. That is the "Arthur Phillips" who is the author of Prague, The Egyptologist, Angelica, The Song Is You, as well as the discoverer of what may be a newl...

from porch_reader

The main character in The Tragedy of Arthur, written by Arthur Phillips, is named Arthur Phillips. (Are you with me so far?) Arthur and his twin sister Dana grow up with a father who is a con artist and a Shakespeare fanatic. He spends most of his life in and out of prison. But when he produces a...

from hhornblower

I've enjoyed Mr. Phillips' previous books (I've have yet to read The Song is You and Angelica), but never had an appreciation of his immense talent until I read this book. This book is just brilliant, there is no other way to describe it. My rational self realizes that this is a work of fiction, ...