Millroy the magician
By: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780241950531
Subjects: Food habits; Magicians; Television in religion; Fiction
Description: 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 miracle. When she is later magicked into his trailer and Millroy promises to train her as his assistant, Jily feels safe for the first time in her short life.
Notes: Originally published: London :Hamish Hamilton, 1993. Published in Penguin Books 1994.