{"product_id":"the-magician-king-9780670022311","title":"The Magician King","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] serious, heartfelt novel [that] turns the machinery of fantasy inside out.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editor’s Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A spellbinding stereograph, a literary adventure novel that is also about privilege, power, and the limits of being human. \u003ci\u003eThe Magician King \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumphant sequel.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—NPR.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Magician King\u003c\/i\u003e] is \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye \u003c\/i\u003efor devotees of alternative universes. It’s dazzling and devil-may-care. . . . Grossman has created a rare, strange, and scintillating novel.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Magician King \u003c\/i\u003eis a rare achievement, a book that simultaneously criticizes and celebrates our deep desire for fantasy.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grossman has devised an enchanted milieu brimming with possibility, and his sly authorial voice gives it a literary life that positions \u003ci\u003eThe Magician King \u003c\/i\u003ewell above the standard fantasy fare.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grossman expands his magical world into a boundless enchanted universe, and his lively characters navigate it with aplomb.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grossman is brilliant at creating brainy, distinct, flawed, complex characters, and nearly as good at running them through narrative gauntlets that inventively tweak the stories that generations have grown up on.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Portland Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Magician King\u003c\/i\u003e, the immensely entertaining new novel by Lev Grossman, manages to be both deep and deeply enjoyable.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers who have already enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians \u003c\/i\u003eshould lose no time in picking up \u003ci\u003eThe Magician King\u003c\/i\u003e. For those who haven’t, read both books: Grossman’s work is solid, smart, and engaging adult fantasy.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Now that Harry Potter is through in books and films, grown-up fans of the boy wizard might want to give this nimble fantasy series a try.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lev Grossman’s \u003ci\u003eThe Magician King \u003c\/i\u003eis a fresh take on the fantasy-quest novel—dark, austere, featuring characters with considerable psychological complexity, a collection of idiosyncratic talking animals (a sloth who knows the path to the underworld, a dragon in the Grand Canal), and splendid set pieces in Venice, Provence, Cornwall, and Brooklyn.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this page-turning follow-up to his bestselling 2009 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e, Grossman takes another dark, sarcastically sinister stab at fantasy, set in the Narnia-esque realm of Fillory.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Magician King \u003c\/i\u003eis clearly the middle book in a trilogy, but it’s that rare creature that bridges the gap between tales and still stands on its own. And just as the first book showed that growing up is hard no matter how much power you have, it shows that becoming an adult involves far more than just reaching the right age.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe A.V. 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