{"product_id":"9780812977929","title":"The Tragedy of Arthur: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotional and elaborately constructed tour de force from bestselling and critically acclaimed novelist Arthur Phillips, “one of the best writers in America” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young man struggling with a larger-than-life father, a con artist who works wonders of deception but is a most unreliable parent. Arthur is raised in an enchanted world of smoke and mirrors where the only unshifting truth is his father’s and his beloved twin sister’s deep and abiding love for the works of William Shakespeare—a love so pervasive that Arthur becomes a writer in a misguided bid for their approval and affection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later, Arthur’s father, imprisoned for decades and nearing the end of his life, shares with Arthur a treasure he’s kept secret for half a century: a previously unknown play by Shakespeare, titled\u003ci\u003e The Tragedy of Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e. But Arthur and his sister also inherit their father’s mission: to see the play published and acknowledged as the Bard’s last great gift to humanity. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless it’s their father’s last great con.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns hilarious and haunting, this virtuosic novel—which includes Shakespeare’s (?) lost King Arthur play in its five-act entirety—captures the very essence of romantic and familial love and betrayal. \u003ci\u003eThe Tragedy of Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e explores the tension between storytelling and truth-telling, the thirst for originality in all our lives, and the act of literary mythmaking, both now and four centuries ago, as the two Arthurs—Arthur the novelist and Arthur the ancient king—play out their individual but strangely intertwined fates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007128781040,"sku":"9780812977929","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812977929_p0.jpg?v=1763742481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812977929","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}