Title: The Magician
Description: Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo...
Subjects: Fiction, Magicians, Magic, English Authors, Biography, Good and evil, Europe, fiction, Fiction, psychological, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, horror, Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, general, Magier, English literature, Fiction in English, Fiction in English 1900- Texts
Places: Paris (France), Paris
People: W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
Time periods: 20th century