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This Week’s Fiction Book:
The
Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Like
everyone
else,
precocious
high
school
senior
Quentin
Coldwater
assumes
that
magic
isn't
real,
until
he
finds
himself
admitted
to
a
very
secretive
and
exclusive
college
of
magic
in
upstate
New
York.
There
he
indulges
in
joys
of
college-friendship,
love,
sex,
and
booze-
and
receives
a
rigorous
education
in
modern
sorcery.
But
magic
doesn't
bring
the
happiness
and
adventure
Quentin
thought
it
would.
After
graduation,
he
and
his
friends
stumble
upon
a
secret
that
sets
them
on
a
remarkable
journey
that
may
just
fulfill
Quentin's
yearning.
But
their
journey
turns
out
to
be
darker
and
more
dangerous
than
they'd
imagined.
Psychologically
piercing
and
dazzlingly
inventive,
The
Magicians
is
an
enthralling
coming-of-age
tale
about
magic
practiced
in
the
real
world-where
good
and
evil
aren't
black
and
white,
and
power
comes
at
a
terrible
price.
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