- Fiction, Forgeries, Forgers, Twins
When their long-imprisoned con-artist father reaches the end of his life, Arthur and his twin sister become the owners of an undiscovered play by William Shakespeare that their father wants published, a final request that represents either a great literary gift or their father's last great heist.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and intimate.
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- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Phillips, Arthur
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 375
- Publisher
- Duckworth Overlook, Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780715641378
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