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The novel’s most striking feature is its "archaic but witty" prose. It adopts the formal cadences of Malory but uses them to deliver sharp, satirical observations about power, gender, and morality. Critics from The New Yorker note that the momentum comes less from action and more from the "crucial aloneness" of the knights and their desperate need for absolution. Arthur Rex! — Steve Donoghue

: While Merlin remains a powerful advisor, he is portrayed as being unable to truly understand or "divine the ways of women". Berger also includes anachronistic touches, such as Merlin making references to viruses or nuclear power, yet always couched in medieval terminology. Tone and Style Arthur Rex

Berger reinvents the familiar archetypes of the Round Table to reflect contemporary psychological neuroses. The novel’s most striking feature is its "archaic