A Glastonbury Romance vs The Game: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Appreciation, Adaptations, Arthurian romances, Fiction
A Glastonbury Romance
First published in 1932, here is John Cowper Powys's masterwork, an epic novel of terrific cumulative force and lyrical intensity. In it he interweaves the ancient with the modern as he probes the mystical and spiritual…
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The Game
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession comes a novel portraying a sibling rivalry which compels us to reconsider the uses and misuses of imagination."Complex and thoughtful."—The Times Literary…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Game is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 20 for A Glastonbury Romance.
- A Glastonbury Romance has the widest readership — 2 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Glastonbury Romance | The Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 4.5 (2) | — |
Reception
| A Glastonbury Romance | The Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 1 |
| Editions | 19 | 18 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 960 | 2413 |
| Pages | 1120 | 286 |