Millroy the Magician

Author:   Paul Theroux
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
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9780241950531


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Format:   Paperback
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'Hugely ambitious . . . entertaining and unsettling' Salman Rushdie, Independent on Sunday Fourteen-year-old Jilly Farina walks into the tent at the County Fair and finds her life transformed. Fixing her with his hypnotic gaze, Millroy the Magician performs astonishing miracles. When she is later magicked into his trailer and Millroy promises to train her as his assistant, Jilly feels safe for the first time in her short life. But Millroy is more than a mere stage show magician. A vegetarian and health fanatic, a possessor of healing and hypnotic powers, Millroy's mission is to change the eating habits of an entire nation. And through Jilly he has found the strength to preach his evangelical message. With Millroy's messianic fervour ever growing, Jilly begins to have doubts - but Millroy knows that without Jilly there will be no magic . . .

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Author:   Paul Theroux
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.298kg
ISBN:  

9780241950531


ISBN 10:   0241950538
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Picaresque ... Enchanting ... Theroux is a gifted and versatile tale spinner. <br>-- Time <p><br> Amazing ... (A) Startlingly Original Tale Of Pure Magic...that amuses, unnerves, and captivates the reader in a spell of bewilderment, danger, and awe...The reader (will) be enthralled. <br>-- The Boston Sunday Herald <br> Magical ... (A) funny, dark satire of America's obsessions. <br>-- The New York Times Book Review


"""Picaresque ... Enchanting ... Theroux is a gifted and versatile tale spinner."" -- Time ""Amazing ... (A) Startlingly Original Tale Of Pure Magic...that amuses, unnerves, and captivates the reader in a spell of bewilderment, danger, and awe...The reader (will) be enthralled."" -- The Boston Sunday Herald ""Magical ... (A) funny, dark satire of America's obsessions."" -- The New York Times Book Review"


Picaresque ... Enchanting ... Theroux is a gifted and versatile tale spinner. -- Time Amazing ... (A) Startlingly Original Tale Of Pure Magic...that amuses, unnerves, and captivates the reader in a spell of bewilderment, danger, and awe...The reader (will) be enthralled. -- The Boston Sunday Herald Magical ... (A) funny, dark satire of America's obsessions. -- The New York Times Book Review


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Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

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