The King
by Donald Barthelme
157 pages· 2006· ISBN 9781564784131
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Clever anachronisms and mock-Arthurian diction mark this madcap, absurdist 20th-century parable, in which Barthelme transposes King Arthur and his Round Table to 1940s England under Nazi bombardment. --Publisher.
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