{"product_id":"lev-grossman-the-magician-king-2012-paperback","title":"Lev Grossman: The Magician King [2012] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea . . . dark and dangerous and full of twists'\u003c\/b\u003e - GEORGE R. R. MARTIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOOKS BEHIND THE HIT SYFY SHOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Quentin Coldwater, king of the bizarre and wonderful land of Fillory. But he is getting restless: even in heaven a man needs a little adventure. So when a steward is murdered on a morning's hunt Quentin gets exactly that. But this quest is like no other. What starts as a glorified cruise to faraway lands soon becomes the stuff of nightmares.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Quentin was once a man from modern-day Earth, where he attended a secret college of sorcerers, and no matter how far he has strayed from his origins, he cannot escape the consequences of his own deeds...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE SECOND BOOK IN LEV GROSSMAN'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MAGICIAN TRILOGY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the Magician Trilogy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stirring, complex, adventurous . . . superb'\u003c\/b\u003e - JUNOT DIAZ, author of \u003ci\u003eDROWN \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sophisticated, subtle novel that is also magical fun'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lev Grossman has conjured a rare creature: a trilogy that simply gets better and better as it goes along . . . Literary perfection.' \u003c\/b\u003e- ERIN MORGENSTERN, author of \u003ci\u003eTHE NIGHT CIRCUS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Magicians ought to be required reading \u003c\/i\u003e. . . Lev Grossman has written a terrific, at times almost painfully perceptive novel of the fantastic'\u003c\/b\u003e - KELLY LINK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best fantasy trilogy of the decade' \u003c\/b\u003e- CHARLES STROSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e is angst-ridden, bleak, occasionally joyous and gloriously readable. Forget Hogwarts: this is where the magic really is.'\u003c\/b\u003e - SFX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e is fantastic, in all senses of the word. It's strange, fanciful, extravagant, eccentric, and truly remarkable - a great story, masterfully told.'\u003c\/b\u003e - SCOTT SMITH, author of THE RUINS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grossman, Lev","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49164137627987,"sku":"XV80099553465","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/grossman-lev-lev-grossman-the-magician-king-2012-paperback-xv80099553465-58063531966803.jpg?v=1727033350","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/lev-grossman-the-magician-king-2012-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}