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Millroy the Magician is a novel by American writer Paul Theroux. It was published in 1993 by Hamish Hamilton in the UK and by Random House the following year in the US, where it was chosen as one of the New York Times notable books of the year. The novel has been identified as one of the best of the 1990s.
1 gen 1993 · Millroy is a magician capable of true magic (liquidizing people and drinking them like milk) and is obsessed with healthy food as eaten in the Bible. He takes 14-year old Jilly along on his travels, and it is through her eyes we see the slightly disturbing story unfold.
Summary. Award-winning writer Paul Theroux tells a bewitching tale of circus magic and hypnotism which seems to hide a more sinister objective in his exquisite novel Millroy the Magician. Fourteen-year-old Jilly Farina walks into the tent at the County Fair and finds her life transformed.
Millroy the Magician. by. Theroux, Paul. Publication date. 1994. Topics. Magicians, Food habits, Television in religion. Publisher. New York : Random House.
15 feb 1994 · YA-A strange, often funny, and always provocative story about a country-fair magician who becomes a cult leader. During an awe-inspiring performance, Millroy the Magician locks eyes with skinny 14-year-old Jilly Farina (the narrator) and asks her to stay with him.
- Paul Theroux
Millroy the magician by Theroux, Paul. Publication date 1993 Topics Magicians -- Fiction, Food habits -- Fiction, Television in religion -- Fiction, Food habits ...
Fixing her with his hypnotic gaze, Millroy the Magician performs astonishing miracles. When she is later magicked into his trailer and Millroy promises to train her as his assistant, Jilly...
