The Tragedy of Arthur
Jul 28, 2022
Review of the novel by Arthur Phillips.
A slow start to a convoluted story, told in the “introduction” to a supposed forged Shakespeare play. The “introduction” gradually became very interesting, and the narrative style was fun in a way that reminded me of Nabokov’s Pale Fire. But then it ended abruptly with the text of the play itself, which is terrible, barely readable. The play didn’t feel at all like Shakespeare, and the novel would have been far better if the play wasn’t included.
