Millroy the Magician - Hardcover

Theroux, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679402470 ISBN 13: 9780679402473

Publisher: Random House, 1994

Synopsis

437 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Jilly Is Just Fourteen, And Small For Her Age And Wears Much Younger Clothes. She Goes To The Circus And Is Captivated By The Magician Milroy, And Her Life Changes.

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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

From the Back Cover:

'Brilliantly done. Theroux's best book for a very long time' Jonathan Raban, The Times Literary Supplement

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 . . .

'Fresh and unexpected . . . among Theroux's best' Philip Hensher, Guardian

'Magical' Daily Telegraph

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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679402470
• ISBN 13: 9780679402473
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 437