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May We Feed the King

by Rebecca Perry

Granta Books2026ISBN 9781803513881

2 of 2 critics positive

4 reviews: 1 rave, 1 positive; 2 not stating a verdict in public

What the critics said

Rave
“a dazzling puzzle-box of a debut”

May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry review – a dazzling puzzle-box of a debut

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Positive
“serves a feast for an unfit king”

Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king

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Verdict not stated
“asks how much stillness a novel can hold”

Medieval masculinity under the microscope

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Verdict not stated

This novel shows why we’re obsessed with the royals

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