apparently quixotic effort to find the tomb of an apocryphal Egyptian king. The book was an international bestseller and critical success in more than two dozen countries. US critics noted Phillips's versatility in producing a book so different from his first, and fans of the book included Gary Shteyngart, George Saunders, Elizabeth Peters, and Stephen King. Others, however, most notably Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times, found the book overlong and confusing. Angelica (2007) Angelica is superficially a Victorian ghost story, and won Phillips comparisons to Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov, and Stephen King. The Washington Post'''' opined that the novel cemented Phillips' reputation as "one of the best writers in America". In the novel, the same events are retold four times from four different perspectives, each section casting doubt on the version that came before, until the reader is left to sort truth from fantasy on his or her own. The novel has been made into a film by Mitchell Lichtenstein with a release date in late 2017. The Song Is You (2009) Phillips' fourth novel tells the story of a middle-aged man's pursuit of a young woman, an Irish pop singer performing in a bar. According to a review at Bookpage"Set in New York, the story follows Julian Donahue as he navigates the shadowy, grief-filled world of a parent who has lost a child [...] He's consumed by [the singer], but rather than introducing himself as another disposable fan, he becomes a faraway mentor and muse, setting himself on a course that will lead him from New York to Europe." The novel was published on April 7, 2009. Preliminary reviews included a blurb from Kurt Andersen and this notice from Kirkus Reviews'': "Phillips still looks like the best American novelist to have emerged during the present decade." The Tragedy of Arthur (2011) The King at the Edge of the World (2020) References External links Official website Arthur Phillips discusses The Tragedy of Arthur, indigestmag.com; accessed April 4, 2014 Arthur Phillips, Radio Happy Hour w/ Cursive (2010); accessed April 4, 2014 Arthur Phillips on Radio Happy Hour (2011), radiohappyhour.com; accessed April 4, 2014. An interview with Arthur Phillips and John Reed on writing about Shakespeare, indigestmag.com; accessed April 4, 2014 1969 births Living people Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Jewish American novelists Jeopardy! contestants Harvard University alumni Writers from Minneapolis American expatriates in