- Fiction, Humorous stories, Princes, Fairy tales
Prince Roger is sent on a quest, the purpose of which is to turn the carefree young prince into a sober man and worthy monarch. Roger gets everything wrong--except for the meaning of life, and that he gets right.
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Comic, spare, classical in form and effortless.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Jules Feiffer
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062059260
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