{"product_id":"the-magicians-book-1","title":"Lev Grossman: Magicians W3 [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BESTSELLING BOOK BEHIND THE HIT SYFY SHOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton University, he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a very different path. Instead of Princeton, he finds himself invited to study at Brakebills - a secret college of modern-day sorcerers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuentin plunges deep into a secret world of obsession and privilege, a world of freedom and power; and for a while, it seems to answer all Quentin's desires. But the idyll cannot last. There are others powers than sorcery, powers that are as seductive as they are dangerous - and when the illusion of safety shatters, Quentin is drawn into a world far darker than he ever imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter all, power corrupts. No exceptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FIRST 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":"New","offer_id":44628847493410,"sku":"9781529102161","price":11.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49736781824339,"sku":"XV81529102161","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/grossman-lev-the-magicians-book-1-9781529102161-40799960727842.jpg?v=1678310270","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-magicians-book-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}