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A "New York Times" Notable Book
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
"[Balances] a moving story of familial and romantic love on a deliberately unsteady fictional edifice . . . [an] exuberant chimera of a novel."--"The New Yorker"
"Wily and witty . . . an engrossing family saga [with] sparkling and imaginative prose. Shakespeare would applaud a man who does him so proud."--"The Boston Globe"
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"Arthur Phillips has found the perfect vehicle for his cerebral talents: his ingenuity; his bright, elastic prose; and, most notably, his penchant for pastiche--for pouring his copious literary gifts into old vessels and reinventing familiar genres."--"The New York Times"
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"Devious and exhilarating . . . an irresistible family drama bundled into an exploration of fraud and authenticity."--"The Wall Street Journal"
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"A circus of a novel, full of wit
"[Balances] a moving story of familial and romantic love on a deliberately unsteady fictional edifice . . . [an] exuberant chimera of a novel."--"The New Yorker"
"Splendidly devious.""--The New York Times Book Review"
"Wily and witty . . . an engrossing family saga [with] sparkling and imaginative prose. Shakespeare would applaud a man who does him so proud."--"The Boston Globe"
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"Arthur Phillips has found the perfect vehicle for his cerebral talents: his ingenuity; his bright, elastic prose; and, most notably, his penchant for pastiche--for pouring his copious literary gifts into old vessels and reinventing familiar genres."--"The New York Times"
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"Devious and exhilarating . . . an irresistible family drama bundled into an exploration of fraud and authenticity."--"The Wall Street Journal"
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"A circus of a novel, full of wit, pathos and irrepressible intelligence."--Minneapolis "Star Tribune"
"The story of a family that is Shakespearean in several senses . . . ["The Tragedy of Arthur"] contains literary echoes of Nabokov, Stoppard and even . . . Thomas Pynchon."--"San Francisco Chronicle
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[Balances] a moving story of familial and romantic love on a deliberately unsteady fictional edifice . . . [an] exuberant chimera of a novel. "The New Yorker"
Splendidly devious. " The New York Times Book Review"
Wily and witty . . . an engrossing family saga [with] sparkling and imaginative prose. Shakespeare would applaud a man who does him so proud. "The Boston Globe"
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Arthur Phillips has found the perfect vehicle for his cerebral talents: his ingenuity; his bright, elastic prose; and, most notably, his penchant for pastiche for pouring his copious literary gifts into old vessels and reinventing familiar genres. "The New York Times"
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Devious and exhilarating . . . an irresistible family drama bundled into an exploration of fraud and authenticity. "The Wall Street Journal"
""
A circus of a novel, full of wit, pathos and irrepressible intelligence. Minneapolis "Star Tribune"
The story of a family that is Shakespearean in several senses . . . ["The Tragedy of Arthur"] contains literary echoes of Nabokov, Stoppard and even . . . Thomas Pynchon. "San Francisco Chronicle
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[Balances] a moving story of familial and romantic love on a deliberately unsteady fictional edifice . . . [an] exuberant chimera of a novel. The New Yorker
Splendidly devious. The New York Times Book Review
Wily and witty . . . an engrossing family saga [with] sparkling and imaginative prose. Shakespeare would applaud a man who does him so proud. The Boston Globe
Arthur Phillips has found the perfect vehicle for his cerebral talents: his ingenuity; his bright, elastic prose; and, most notably, his penchant for pastiche for pouring his copious literary gifts into old vessels and reinventing familiar genres. The New York Times
Devious and exhilarating . . . an irresistible family drama bundled into an exploration of fraud and authenticity. The Wall Street Journal
A circus of a novel, full of wit, pathos and irrepressible intelligence. Minneapolis Star Tribune
The story of a family that is Shakespearean in several senses . . . [The Tragedy of Arthur] contains literary echoes of Nabokov, Stoppard and even . . . Thomas Pynchon. San Francisco Chronicle
"[Balances] a moving story of familial and romantic love on a deliberately unsteady fictional edifice . . . [an] exuberant chimera of a novel."--The New Yorker
"Splendidly devious."--The New York Times Book Review
"Wily and witty . . . an engrossing family saga [with] sparkling and imaginative prose. Shakespeare would applaud a man who does him so proud."--The Boston Globe
"Arthur Phillips has found the perfect vehicle for his cerebral talents: his ingenuity; his bright, elastic prose; and, most notably, his penchant for pastiche--for pouring his copious literary gifts into old vessels and reinventing familiar genres."--The New York Times
"Devious and exhilarating . . . an irresistible family drama bundled into an exploration of fraud and authenticity."--The Wall Street Journal
"A circus of a novel, full of wit, pathos and irrepressible intelligence."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"The story of a family that is Shakespearean in several senses . . . [The Tragedy of Arthur] contains literary echoes of Nabokov, Stoppard and even . . . Thomas Pynchon."--San Francisco Chronicle
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