“Lev Grossman’s novel The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping, and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century. Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind But there’s a certain type of reader who will enjoy it down to the bottoms of their feet.” John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars you should also read Lev Grossman’s Magicians series, which is a very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” Joe Hill, author of Horns and Locke & Key an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them, and tell a darkly cunning story about the power of imagination itself. Martin, bestselling author of A Game of Thrones Grossman’s sensibilities are thoroughly adult, his narrative dark and dangerous and full of twists. Solidly rooted in the traditions of both fantasy and mainstream literary fiction, the novel tips its hat to Oz and Narnia as well to Harry, but don’t mistake this for a children's book. “ The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination. The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable.

“This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . “ The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.”

“Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY

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