it's relatively amazing to me how phillips can regularly pick topics/genres that i would otherwise never seek out & yet i enjoy them.
memoir & coming-of-age mixed w/ fakespeare? ugh right, but im 100+ pgs in and into it
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 5 May 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
suddenly just remembered this guy and wondered where he's been ... 7 years since his last book
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Afaik he's been writing for tv (like that Bloodline show), and working on adaptations of his novels for Hollywood, ie making that real money.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
i kind of forgot about arthur phillips but i was looking for something to read and apparently he published a new novel in february - "the king at the edge of the world." gonna check it out.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
huh, report back!
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
I loved it, my fave new novel in awhile.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 July 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
yeah "the king at the edge of the world" was very good. best "literary fiction" i've read in a long while.
― na (NA), Monday, 13 July 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
Glad you enjoyed it!
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 16 July 2020 21:33 (three years ago) link
After finishing The King at the Edge of the World I thought I could stand to read some more by this guy, I guess I'll pick up The Egyptologist next.
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link